ITGA6 gene silencing by RNA interference modulates the expression of a large number of cell migration-related genes in human thymic epithelial cells

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ferreira Golbert, Daiane Cristina ^a,b   Correa de Santana, Eliane ^a   Ribeiro Alves, Marcelo ^a   de Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro ^b   Savino, Wilson ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; ALPHA2 INTEGRIN; ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; CHEMOKINE; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; LAMININ RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RNA; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 6;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITGA6 GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS CELL LINE;

EID: 85040091063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-S6-S3     Document Type: Article

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