Lentiviral-mediated RNAi in vivo silencing of Col6a1, a gene with complex tissue specific expression pattern

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-17

  Frka, Kosjenka ^a   Facchinello, Nicola ^a   Del Vecchio, Claudia ^a   Carpi, Andrea ^a   Curtarello, Matteo ^a   Venerando, Rina ^a   Angelin, Alessia ^a   Parolin, Cristina ^a   Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Bonaldo, Paolo ^a   Volpin, Dino ^a   Braghetta, Paola ^a   Bressan, Giorgio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen VI; Lentiviral vectors; RNA interference; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PATTERNS; COMPLEX TISSUES; COPY NUMBERS; DATA SUPPORTS; DOXYCYCLINE; EXTRA CELLULAR MATRICES; GENERAL TRENDS; IN-VIVO; LENTIVIRAL VECTORS; LOW FREQUENCIES; MOUSE GENOMES; PHENOTYPIC TRAITS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SMALL INTERFERING RNAS (SIRNA); THREE PARAMETERS; TISSUE-SPECIFIC EXPRESSIONS; TRANSGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MICE;

COLLAGEN; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

VECTORS;

DOXYCYCLINE; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COL6A1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; IN VIVO STUDY; LENTIVIRINAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN TYPE VI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NIH 3T3 CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 64249083170     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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