Design of Small Interfering RNAs for Antiviral Applications [PDF]
, 2011 RNA interference (RNAi) is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for sequence-specific target RNA degradation in animals and plants, which plays an essential role in gene regulation. In addition, it is believed to function as a defense against viruses and transposons. In recent years, RNAi has become a widely used approach for studying gene function by
Diana Rothe, Wade Erik, Jens Kurreck
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Unzipping and binding of small interfering RNA with single walled carbon nanotube: A platform for small interfering RNA delivery [PDF]
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2012 In an effort to design efficient platform for siRNA delivery, we combine all atom classical and quantum simulations to study the binding of small interfering RNA (siRNA) by pristine single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT). Our results show that siRNA strongly binds to SWCNT surface via unzipping its base-pairs and the propensity of unzipping increases with
Santosh, Mogurampelly +4 more
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Phenotypic Alteration of BMDM In Vitro Using Small Interfering RNA
Cells, 2022 Autologous macrophage transfer is an emerging platform for cell therapy. It is anticipated that conventional macrophage reprogramming based on ex vivo polarization using cytokines and ligands of TLRs may enhance the therapeutic effect.
Noreen Halimani +11 more
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RNA Interference by Production of Short Hairpin dsRNA in ES Cells, Their Differentiated Derivatives, and in Somatic Cell Lines [PDF]
, 2003 dsRNA of several hundred nucleotides in length is effective at interfering with gene expression in mouse oocytes, pre-implantation embryos, and embryonic stem (ES) cells but is not as efficient in differentiated cell lines.
Glover, D. M. +4 more
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Delivering Small Interfering RNA for Novel Therapeutics [PDF]
, 2008 The gene silencing capability of RNA interference (RNAi) is being used to study individual gene's biological function and role in biochemical pathways. However, the efficacy of RNAi depends upon efficient delivery of the intermediates of RNAi, small interfering RNA (siRNA) oligonucleotides.
Patrick Y. Lu, Martin C. Woodle
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MicroRNA in control of gene expression: An overview of nuclear functions [PDF]
, 2016 The finding that small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are able to control gene expression in a sequence specific manner has had a massive impact on biology. Recent improvements in high throughput sequencing and computational prediction methods have allowed the
Catalanotto, Caterina +2 more
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HEN1 recognizes 21-24 nt small RNA duplexes and deposits a methyl group onto the 2' OH of the 3' terminal nucleotide. [PDF]
, 2006 microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) in plants bear a methyl group on the ribose of the 3' terminal nucleotide. We showed previously that the methylation of miRNAs and siRNAs requires the protein HEN1 in vivo and that purified HEN1 ...
Chen, Xuemei +3 more
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The application of antisense technology for crop improvement: A review
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021 The global population is increasing alarmingly, which calls for efficient methods of food production. Since domestication, people have been working on improving food crops for production and productivity.
Tadesse Tilahun +3 more
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Clinical Advances of siRNA-Based Nanotherapeutics for Cancer Treatment
Pharmaceutics, 2021 Cancer is associated with single or multiple gene defects. Recently, much research has focused on incorporating genetic materials as one of the means to treat various types of carcinomas.
Dima Hattab +2 more
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Nucleolar dominance and DNA methylation directed by small interfering RNA [PDF]
, 2008 In the December 5th issue of Molecular Cell, Preuss et al. (2008) demonstrated a link between small interfering RNA (siRNA)-directed de novo DNA methylation and rDNA silencing in nucleolar ...
Finigan, P., Martienssen, R. A.
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