Expression of small, therapeutic RNAs in human cell nuclei

Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-54

  Good, P D ^a   Krikos, A J ^a   Li, S X L ^b   Bertrand, E ^c   Lee, N S ^c   Giver, L ^d   Ellington, A ^d   Zaia, J A ^b   Rossi, J J ^c   Engelke, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptamers; HIV 1; Ribozymes; Small nuclear RNA; U6

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; REV PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROVIRUS; RNA CAPPING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 8044253998     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300354     Document Type: Article

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