Inhibition of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 replication by the small interfering RNA targeting polymerase A gene

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-426

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Cheng yu ^b   Yang, Song tao ^b   Qin, Chuan ^a   Hu, Jia lin ^c   Xia, Xian zhu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHANGCHUN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; PA; Small interfering RNAs

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DOGS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; MUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 70449724590     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.039     Document Type: Article

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