A computational study of off-target effects of RNA interference

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1834-1847

  Qiu, Shibin ^b   Adema, Coen M ^a   Lane, Terran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOMICS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMO SAPIENS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 17844387370     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki324     Document Type: Article

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