Optimization of shRNA inhibitors by variation of the terminal loop sequence

Antiviral Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-211

  Schopman, Nick C T ^a   Liu, Ying Poi ^a   Konstantinova, Pavlina ^a   ter Brake, Olivier ^a   Berkhout, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Hairpin loop; HIV 1 replication; ShRNA; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

FURIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; HIV-1; HUMANS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 77951298966     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.02.320     Document Type: Article

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