Expression of Plasmid-Based shRNA against the E1 and nsP1 Genes Effectively Silenced Chikungunya Virus Replication

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Lam, Shirley ^a   Chen, Karen Caiyun ^a   Ng, Mary Mah Lee ^a   Chu, Justin Jang Hann ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINDBIS VIRUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLASMIDS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84867301064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046396     Document Type: Article

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