Advancement of the Emerging Field of RNA Nanotechnology

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1142-1164

  Jasinski, Daniel ^a   Haque, Farzin ^a   Binzel, Daniel W ^a   Guo, Peixuan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

nanobiotechnology; nanotechnology; pRNA 3WJ motif; RNA nanoparticles; siRNA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DEGRADATION IN VITRO; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; IMMUNOGENIC PROPERTIES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PRNA 3WJ MOTIF; RNA NANOTECHNOLOGIES; SIRNA; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY;

RNA;

NANOPARTICLE; RNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85014299384     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05737     Document Type: Review

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