Utility of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded small RNA promoters for driving the expression of fusion transcripts harboring short hairpin RNAs

Gene Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-202

  Choy, E Y W ^a   Kok, K H ^a   Tsao, S W ^a   Jin, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ENCODED SMALL RNA; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN KINASE R; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; MAMMALIA;

EID: 38549179369     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3303055     Document Type: Article

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