Positional effects and strand preference of RNA interference against hepatitis C virus target sequences

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-212

  Smith, R M ^a   Smolic, R ^a   Volarevic, M ^a   Wu, G Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; RNA interference; Short interfering RNA; Strand specificity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEADY STATE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; GENES, REPORTER; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 33846966669     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2006.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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