In silico design and enzymatic synthesis of functional RNA nanoparticles

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1731-1741

  Afonin, Kirill A ^a   Kasprzak, Wojciech K ^b   Bindewald, Eckart ^b   Kireeva, Maria ^a   Viard, Mathias ^a,b   Kashlev, Mikhail ^a   Shapiro, Bruce A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NANOPARTICLE; RIBOSWITCH; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RIBOSWITCH; RNA FOLDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSWITCH; RNA; RNA FOLDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA POLYMERASE II; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84902585263     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400329z     Document Type: Article

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