Alu-linked hairpins efficiently mediate RNA interference with less toxicity than do H1-expressed short hairpin RNAs

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Gasior, Stephen L ^a   Palmisano, Melanie ^a   Deininger, Prescott L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu; Retroelement; RNA interference; SeshRNA; shRNA; SINE

Indexed keywords

CLONE CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; TOXICITY;

RETROELEMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SESHRNA; SHRNA; SINE;

RNA;

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 31144478869     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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