Dissecting RNA-interference pathway with small molecules

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 643-648

  Chiu, Ya Lin ^a,b   Dinesh, Chimmanamada U ^a,c   Chu, Chia Ying ^a   Ali, Akbar ^a   Brown, Kirk M ^a   Cao, Hong ^a   Rana, Tariq M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATPA18; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CELL LINE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; HUMANS; INDOLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 23144458622     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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