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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2008; 14(41): 6360-6365
Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6360
Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6360
Protective effects of anti-ricin A-chain RNA aptamer against ricin toxicity
Shaoan Fan, Feng Wu, Kam-Meng Tchou-Wong, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 57 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, New York 10987, United States
Frank Martiniuk, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York 10016, United States
Martha L Hale, Integrated Toxicology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702, United States
Andrew D Ellington, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
Author contributions: Fan S and Hale ML performed research; Fan S and Tchou-Wong KM designed research; Martiniuk F and Ellington AD contributed new reagents; Fan S, Wu F and Tchou-Wong KM analyzed data and wrote the paper.
Supported by Grant from the National Institutes of Health (Tchou-Wong), No. ES-000260 and No. AI-059476
Correspondence to: Dr. Kam-Meng Tchou-Wong, Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 57 Old Forge Road, Tuxedo, New York 10987, United States. tchouk02@nyumc.org
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Received: September 1, 2008
Revised: October 27, 2008
Accepted: September 3, 2008
Published online: November 7, 2008
Revised: October 27, 2008
Accepted: September 3, 2008
Published online: November 7, 2008
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