Essential notes regarding the design of functional siRNAs for efficient mammalian RNAi

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ui Tei, Kumiko ^a   Naito, Yuki ^a   Saigo, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGOMER; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALGORITHM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RNA ENGINEERING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WEB BROWSER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746840096     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/JBB/2006/65052     Document Type: Review

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