SiDirect 2.0: Updated software for designing functional siRNA with reduced seed-dependent off-target effect

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Naito, Yuki ^a   Yoshimura, Jun ^a   Morishita, Shinichi ^a   Ui Tei, Kumiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUPLEX STABILITY; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HOMOLOGY SEARCH; PERFECT MATCHES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; WEB-BASED SOFTWARES;

ALGORITHMS; DESIGN; GENE THERAPY; MAMMALS; NUCLEOTIDES;

RNA;

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 72549097028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-392     Document Type: Article

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