Silencing MAT2A gene by RNA interference inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in human hepatoma cells

Hepatology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 376-388

  Liu, Quanyan ^a   Wu, Kailang ^b   Zhu, Ying ^b   He, Yueming ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b   Liu, Zhisu ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Liver cancer; Methionineadenosyl transferase; Proliferation; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

3 DEAZAADENOSINE; ETHIONINE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 2A; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA ISOLATION; STEADY STATE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34247262694     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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