Synthesis, structure, and biological activity of dumbbell-shaped nanocircular RNAs for RNA interference

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2082-2092

  Abe, Naoko ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Nagai, Chisato ^c   Harada, Mitsuru ^a,b   Hatakeyama, Hiroto ^c   Harashima, Hideyoshi ^c   Ohshiro, Takahito ^a   Nishihara, Mizuki ^a   Furukawa, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Maeda, Mizuo ^a   Tsuneda, Satoshi ^b   Ito, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; DNA LOOPS; HELA CELL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LUCIFERASE GENES; NEW APPROACHES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PRECURSOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLOW RELEASE;

RNA;

DICER; DUMBBELL SHAPED NANOCIRCULAR RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; GENE ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 80054810308     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc2003154     Document Type: Article

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