Model-guided design of ligand-regulated RNAi for programmable control of gene expression

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Beisel, Chase L ^a   Bayer, Travis S ^b   Hoff, Kevin G ^a   Smolke, Christina D ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Mathematical modelling; RNA; shRNA; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; RNA; LIGAND; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG DESIGN; LIGANDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 54949106632     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2008.62     Document Type: Article

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