Multiple shRNA expressions in a single plasmid vector improve RNAi against the XPA gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-305

  Nagao, Akihiro ^a   Zhao, Xia ^b   Takegami, Tsutomu ^b   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^b   Matsui, Shinobu ^b   Matsunaga, Tsukasa ^a   Ishigaki, Yasuhito ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

RNA interference; shRNA; UV; XPA

Indexed keywords

PLASMID VECTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; GENE; HELA CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; XPA GENE;

CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP A PROTEIN;

EID: 42249084413     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.078     Document Type: Article

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