Systematic identification of microRNA functions by combining target prediction and expression profiling

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1646-1652

  Wang, Xiaowei ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^a  

^a APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124, HUMAN; MICRORNA-124, HUMAN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL GROWTH; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; DNA MICROARRAY; DOG; EVALUATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DOGS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, CDC; HUMANS; MICE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33645472191     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl068     Document Type: Article

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