Transcriptional gene silencing using small RNAs

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 555, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-125

  Kim, Daniel H ^a   Rossi, John J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chromatin; epigenetic; methylation; microRNA; RNAi; siRNA; TGS; transcription

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

HISTONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROMOTER REGION;

CHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; METHYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349309765     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-295-7_9     Document Type: Review

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