6mer seed toxicity in tumor suppressive microRNAs

Small interfering (siRNAs) can be toxic to cancer cells. Here the authors investigate the toxicity of microRNA in cancer cells by performing a siRNA screen that tests the miRNA activities of an extensive list of miRNAs with different 6mer seed sequences.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Quan Q. Gao, William E. Putzbach, Andrea E. Murmann, Siquan Chen, Aishe A. Sarshad, Johannes M. Peter, Elizabeth T. Bartom, Markus Hafner, Marcus E. Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06526-1