Hammerhead ribozymes suppress HBV(adr) in HepG2 cells

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-29

  Zheng, Wen Chao ^a,b   Lu, Chang De ^a   Kong, Yu Ying ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Qi, Guo Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hammerhead ribozyme; HBV; HepG2 cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444391776     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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