Zorro locked nucleic acid induces sequence-specific gene silencing

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1902-1914

  Ge, Rongbin ^a   Heinonen, Juhana E ^a   Svahn, Mathias G ^a   Mohamed, Abdalla J ^a   Lundin, Karin E ^a   Smith, C I Edvard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Gene transcription; Oligonucleotide; Peptide nucleic acid; PNA LNA

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZORRO LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249820545     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7225com     Document Type: Article

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