RNA towards medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, 2006.
Series:Handbook of experimental pharmacology. v. 173.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Why RNA and DNA have different structures
  • Regulatory RNAs as mediators of virulence gene expression in bacteria
  • Regulatory RNAs in mammals
  • Aminoglycoside interactions with RNAs and nucleases
  • High-throughput RNA interference in functional genomics
  • Antiviral applications of RNAi
  • RNA interference : its use as antiviral therapy
  • Gene silencing of virus replication by RNA interference
  • Progress in the development of nucleic acid therapeutics
  • Screening and determination of gene function using randomized ribozyme and siRNA libraries
  • Ribozymes and siRNAs : from structure to preclinical applications
  • Strategies to identify potential therapeutic target sites in RNA
  • Oligonucleotide-based antiviral strategies
  • Gene-expressed RNA as a therapeutic : issues to consider, using ribozymes and small hairpin RNA as specific examples
  • RNA aptamers : from basic science towards therapy
  • RNA aptamers directed against oligosaccharides
  • Aptamer-based biosensors : biomedical applications
  • Application of aptamers in therapeutics and for small-molecule detection
  • RNA aptamers as potential pharmaceuticals against infections with African trypanosomes
  • RNA targeting using peptide nucleic acid
  • Locked nucleic acid : high-affinity targeting of complementary RNA for RNomics
  • Engineering RNA-based circuits
  • Selection of RNase-resistant RNAs