3'-Poly(A) tail enhances siRNA activity against exogenous reporter genes in MCF-7 cells
Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, 27 Taiping Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100850, China
Biography:
Dr. Guojun Cao was trained as molecular biologist and obtained his PhD in 1986 at the University of Leiden. He is currently Head of the Laboratory of Experimental Virology and Professor of Virology at the Academic Medical Center (AMC) of the University of Amsterdam. He is member of several international science committees and editorial boards. His research interests include basic RNA studies (RNAi mechanisms, structure and function of HIV-1 RNA) and applied research
Subjects of specialization: enhanced gene silencing, non-specific, poly(A) tail, siRNA, hairpin RNA