Thermodynamic control of small RNA-mediated gene silencing

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Ui Tei, Kumiko ^a   Nishi, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Tomoko ^a   Nagasawa, Tatsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Off target effect; RNAi; Seed region; siRNA; Thermodynamic stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871419294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00101     Document Type: Review

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