Antiviral RNA Interference Strategies Targeting Influenza Virus and Other Respiratory Viruses

Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Drug Discovery Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 148-165

  Haasnoot, Joost ^a   Berkhout, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiviral RNA interference strategies; Mechanism of RNA interference; RNA interference mediated inhibition of RSV

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883420582     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470179727.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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