| Literature DB >> 21834582 |
Hayden Peacock1, Arunkumar Kannan, Peter A Beal, Cynthia J Burrows.
Abstract
Considerable attention has focused on the use of alternatives to the native ribose and phosphate backbone of small interfering RNAs for therapeutic applications of the RNA interference pathway. In this synopsis, we highlight the less common chemical modifications, namely, those of the RNA nucleobases. Base modifications have the potential to lend insight into the mechanism of gene silencing and to lead to novel methods to overcome off-target effects that arise due to deleterious protein binding or mis-targeting of mRNA.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21834582 PMCID: PMC3170502 DOI: 10.1021/jo2012225
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Org Chem ISSN: 0022-3263 Impact factor: 4.354