Expressing functional siRNAs in mammalian cells using convergent transcription

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Tran, Nham ^a,b   Cairns, Murray J ^a   Dawes, Ian W ^b   Arndt, Greg M ^a  

^a Johnson and Johnson Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOTOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U6 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSGENE; CELL LINE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MAMMALIA; VECTORS;

CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 3042561450     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-3-21     Document Type: Article

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