Silencing the silencer: Strategies to inhibit microRNA activity

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1285-1292

  Reichel, Marlene ^a   Li, Junyan ^a   Millar, Anthony A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

amiRNA; MIMIC; miRNA sponge; RNAi

Indexed keywords

AMIRNA; KEY REGULATORS; MICRORNAS; MIMIC; MIRNA SPONGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI; TRANSGENICS;

BIOINFORMATICS; GENES; RNA;

ANIMALS;

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE SILENCING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MICRORNAS; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958766936     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0590-z     Document Type: Review

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