RNA interference: Biology and prospects of application in biomedicine and biotechnology

Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-354

  Vilgelm, A E ^a   Chumakov, S P ^a   Prassolov, V S ^a  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gene expression regulation; miRNA; Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression; RNA interference; Small interfering RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747585181     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893306030010     Document Type: Review

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