Quantification of siRNAs In Vitro and In Vivo

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 764, Issue , 2011, Pages 183-197

  Cheng, Angie ^a   Vlassov, Alexander V ^a   Magdaleno, Susan ^a  

^a Life Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

miRNA; PCR; quantification; RNAi; shRNA; siRNA; TaqMan siRNA assays

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOASSAY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICRORNAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79960952987     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-188-8_12     Document Type: Chapter

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