Molecular Properties, Functional Mechanisms, and Applications of Sliced siRNA

Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e221-

  Sun, Guihua ^a   Yeh, Spencer Yele ^a   Yuan, Christine Wan Yin ^a   Chiu, Margaret Jean Yih ^a   Yung, Bryan Shing Hei ^a   Yen, Yun ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ago2; agshRNA; agsiRNA; RNAi; siRNA; sliced siRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DICER; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA 1148; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HCT116 CELL LINE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROCESSING; RRM2 GENE;

EID: 84927710889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mtna.2014.73     Document Type: Article

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