Transcriptional gene silencing by short interfering RNAs

Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Kawasaki, Hiroaki ^a,b   Taira, Kazunari ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Double stranded RNA; Post transcriptional gene silencing; RNA interference; Short interfering RNA; Transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H3; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UVOMORULIN;

CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG TARGETING; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE THERAPY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 17144369848     PISSN: 14648431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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