miRNA-like duplexes as RNAi triggers with improved specificity

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Betancur, Juan G ^a   Yoda, Mayuko ^a   Tomari, Yukihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Asymmetry; RISC; RNA induced silencing complex

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84876059864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00127     Document Type: Short Survey

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