MicroRNAs in cell proliferation, cell death, and tumorigenesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 776-780

  Hwang, H W ^a   Mendell, J T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cellular proliferation; MicroRNAs; Oncogene; Tumour suppressor

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EUKARYOTE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; STEM CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES;

EID: 33645321647     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603023     Document Type: Short Survey

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