Construction of an artificial microRNA expression vector for simultaneous inhibition of multiple genes in mammalian cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2158-2168

  Hu, Tao ^a   Fu, Qiong ^a   Chen, Ping ^b   Ma, Li ^a   Sin, Onsam ^a   Guo, Deyin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial microRNA; Expression vector; Multiple genes; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; MICRORNA; PRIMER RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ARTIFICIAL MICRORNA; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MULTIPLE GENES; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MICRORNAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67049118082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10052158     Document Type: Article

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