6mer seed toxicity in tumor suppressive microRNAs

Autor: Quan Q. Gao, William E. Putzbach, Andrea E. Murmann, Siquan Chen, Aishe A. Sarshad, Johannes M. Peter, Elizabeth T. Bartom, Markus Hafner, Marcus E. Peter
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
78972507
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06526-1
Popis: Small interfering (siRNAs) can be toxic to cancer cells. Here the authors investigate the toxicity of microRNA in cancer cells by performing a siRNA screen that tests the miRNA activities of an extensive list of miRNAs with different 6mer seed sequences.
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