Modified dsRNAs that are not processed by Dicer maintain potency and are incorporated into the RISC

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3771-3779

  Salomon, William ^a   Bulock, Karen ^a   Lapierre, Jennifer ^a   Pavco, Pamela ^a   Woolf, Tod ^a   Kamens, Joanne ^a  

^a RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICE; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, GUIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 77954350917     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq055     Document Type: Article

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