Guidelines for the selection of highly effective siRNA sequences for mammalian and chick RNA interference

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 936-948

  Ui Tei, Kumiko ^a   Naito, Yuki ^a   Takahashi, Fumitaka ^a   Haraguchi, Takeshi ^a   Ohki Hamazaki, Hiroko ^b   Juni, Aya ^a,c   Ueda, Ryu ^c,d   Saigo, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; RNA; URACIL; LUCIFERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CRICETINAE; DROSOPHILA; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 1642346273     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh247     Document Type: Article

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