Tuning RNA interference by enhancing siRNA/PAZ recognition

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-78

  Gaglione, Maria ^a   Potenza, Nicoletta ^a   Di Fabio, Giovanni ^b   Romanucci, Valeria ^b   Mosca, Nicola ^a   Russo, Aniello ^a   Novellino, Ettore ^b   Cosconati, Sandro ^a   Messere, Anna ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

gene silencing; modified siRNAs; molecular modeling; RNA interference; siRNA PAZ interactions

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PAZ PROTEIN; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84872293995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ml300284b     Document Type: Article

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