Antisense RNA

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Antisense RNA

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Antisense RNA is a single-stranded RNA copy that is complementary to the sequence of nucleotides found in an mRNA. Antisense RNA can be introduced into a cell to block translation of mRNA.

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2008). Antisense RNA. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_301

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_301
Published: 24 January 2024
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