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Efficiency of the RNA interference induced by the genetic constructs expressing siRNAs depends on promoter strength

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  1. Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    I. R. Alembekov, O. V. Kretova & N. A. Tchurikov

  2. State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region, 630559, Russia

    N. M. Gashnikova & A. G. Pokrovsky

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Original Russian Text © I.R. Alembekov, O.V. Kretova, N.M. Gashnikova, A.G. Pokrovsky, N.A. Tchurikov, 2009, published in Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 374–377.

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Alembekov, I.R., Kretova, O.V., Gashnikova, N.M. et al. Efficiency of the RNA interference induced by the genetic constructs expressing siRNAs depends on promoter strength. Mol Biol 43, 344–347 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026893309020174

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