Solution-state structure of a fully alternately 2′-F/2′-OMe modified 42-nt dimeric siRNA construct

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7298-7307

  Podbevsek, Peter ^a   Allerson, Charles R ^b   Bhat, Balkrishen ^b,e   Plavec, Janez ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d EN FIST CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Slovenia)

^e REGULUS THERAPEUTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE;

DIMERIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTONS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 78651292230     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq621     Document Type: Article

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