Transfection of microRNA mimics should be used with caution

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Jin, Hyun Yong ^a   Gonzalez Martin, Alicia ^a   Miletic, Ana V ^b   Lai, Maoyi ^a   Knight, Sarah ^a   Sabouri Ghomi, Mohsen ^a   Head, Steven R ^a   Macauley, Matthew S ^a   Rickert, Robert C ^b   Xiao, Changchun ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Guide strand mutation; High molecular weight RNA species; MicroRNA mimics; MiR 155; MiR 17 92; Transient transfection; Unnatural passenger strand

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84954148842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00340     Document Type: Article

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