Design, manufacture, and assay of the efficacy of siRNAs for gene silencing

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 403-419

  Dawson, Louise A ^a   Usmani, Badar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelin converting enzyme; Gene silencing; Invasion; Prostate cancer; Small interfering RNA; Stromal epithelial interactions

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84934444890     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-188-8_27     Document Type: Article

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