Inhibition of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza virus replication by RNA oligonucleotides targeting NS1 gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Wu, Yanhua ^a   Zhang, Guozhong ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Jin, Yi ^a   Dale, Rod ^b   Sun, Lun Quan ^b   Wang, Ming ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Amedex Pharmaceutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; H5N1; NS1; Oligonucleotide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GENE PRODUCT; NON STRUCTURAL PROTEIN GENE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHENFORMIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FOWL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLASTS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 36249003925     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.10.196     Document Type: Article

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