A quick and efficient approach for gene silencing by using triple putative microRNA-based short hairpin RNAs

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 323, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 81-89

  Shan, Z X ^a,b,c   Lin, Q X ^a,b   Yang, M ^a,b   Deng, C Y ^a,b   Kuang, S J ^a,b   Zhou, Z L ^a,b   Xiao, D Z ^a,b   Liu, X Y ^a,b   Lin, S G ^a,b   Yu, X Y ^a,b  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

CMV promoter; MicroRNAs; RNA interference; Short hairpin RNA

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MICRORNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

EID: 59949090932     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-9966-3     Document Type: Article

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