The microRNA world: Small is mighty

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 534-540

  Nelson, Peter ^a   Kiriakidou, Marianthi ^a   Sharma, Anup ^a   Maniataki, Elsa ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DESIGN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA GENE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0642285627     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2003.08.005     Document Type: Review

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