Protection of mice against lethal rabies virus challenge using short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) delivered through lentiviral vector

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-101

  Singh, Niraj K ^a   Meshram, Chetan D ^a   Sonwane, Arvind A ^a   Dahiya, Shyam S ^a   Pawar, Sachin S ^a   Chaturvedi, V K ^a   Saini, Mohini ^a   Singh, R P ^a   Gupta, Praveen K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

BHK 21; Lentivirus; Mice; Rabies; siRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; GENES; RNA; VIRUSES;

BHK-21; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; RABIES; SIRNA;

MAMMALS;

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LD 50; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PROTECTION; RABIES VIRUS; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

LENTIVIRUS; MUS; RABIES VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENETIC VECTORS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84899471125     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-013-9685-1     Document Type: Article

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