Hammerhead ribozymes against virus and viroid RNAs

From Nucleic Acids Sequences to Molecular Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 411-427

  Carbonell, Alberto ^a   Flores, Ricardo ^a   Gago, Selma ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Avocado sunblotch viroid; Catalytic RNAs; Central conserved region; Complementary DNA; Delta antigen; Deoxyribonuclease; Dicer like; Double stranded RNA; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis delta virus; Large isoform delta antigen; Messenger RNA; MicroRNA; Non protein coding RNAs; Nuclear encoded RNA polymerase; Peach latent mosaic viroid; Plastid encoded RNA polymerase; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Potato spindle tuber; Potato spindle tuber viroid; Ribonuclease; RNA polymerase I; RNA polymerase II; RNA polymerase III; RNA viruses; RNA induced silencing complex; Short isoform delta antigen; Small interfering RNA; Tobacco mosaic virus; Transfer RNA; Viroid derived small RN; Viroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908311398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27426-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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