Deep sequencing analyses of DsiRNAs reveal the influence of 3' terminal overhangs on dicing polarity, strand selectivity, and RNA editing of siRNAs

Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages e17-

  Zhou, Jiehua ^a   Song, Min Sun ^a   Jacobi, Ashley M ^b   Behlke, Mark A ^b   Wu, Xiwei ^a   Rossi, John J ^a  

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

^b INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

3' overhang; Deep sequencing; Dicer substrate siRNA (DsiRNA); Dicing polarity; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868350874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mtna.2012.6     Document Type: Article

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