Design and delivery of antisense oligonucleotides to block microRNA function in cultured Drosophila and human cells.

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Published in Nat Protoc on January 01, 2008

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Michael D Horwich1, Phillip D Zamore

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1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.

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