Analysis by siRNA∥ofile program displays novel thermodynamic characteristics of highly functional siRNA molecules

Source Code for Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Muhonen, Pirkko ^a   Parthasarathy, Ranga N ^b   Janckila, Anthony J ^b   Büki, Kalman G ^a   Kalervo Vaananen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 45549107698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0473-3-8     Document Type: Article

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