Caged siRNAs for spatiotemporal control of gene silencing

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-685

  Casey, John P ^a   Blidner, Richard A ^a,b   Monroe, W Todd ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Investigen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Caged; Photoactivation; siRNA; Targeted gene silencing; UVA light

Indexed keywords

2 NITROBENZYL; 2' HYDROXYL; 4 HYDROXYPHENACYL; 5' PHOSPHATE; BENZOIN; COUMARINYL; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67249113148     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp900082q     Document Type: Review

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