Inhibiting Gene Expression At Transcription Start Sites In Chromosomal Dna With Antigene Rnas

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 180-184

  Janowsi, Bethany A ^a,b   Huffman, Kenneth E ^a,b   Schwartz, Jacob C ^a,b   Ram, Rosalyn ^a,b   Hardy, Daniel ^b   Shames, David S ^a,c,d   Minna, John D ^a,c,d   Corey, David R ^a,b  

^a Departments of Pharmacology   (United States)

^b Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

^c Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Hospital Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84984758049     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio725     Document Type: Article

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