Designing functional siRNA with reduced off-target effects

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 942, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-68

  Naito, Yuki ^a   Ui Tei, Kumiko ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

RNAi; ShRNA; SiDirect; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OFF TARGET EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 84934439082     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-119-6_3     Document Type: Article

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