Human microRNA targets

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  John, Bino ^a   Enright, Anton J ^a,b   Aravin, Alexei ^c   Tuschl, Thomas ^c   Sander, Chris ^a   Marks, Debora S ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DLG4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYPOTHESIS; MAMMAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAMMALIA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 14044251458     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020363     Document Type: Article

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