Target gene abundance contributes to the efficiency of siRNA-mediated gene silencing

Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-198

  Hong, Sun Woo ^a,b   Jiang, Yuanyuan ^b   Kim, Soyoun ^b   Li, Chiang J ^c   Lee, Dong Ki ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KRT7 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; KERATIN-7; LUCIFERASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84900847439     PISSN: 21593337     EISSN: 21593345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/nat.2013.0466     Document Type: Article

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