Natural antisense and noncoding RNA transcripts as potential drug targets

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 11, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 503-508

  Wahlestedt, Claes ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33646501507     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2006.04.013     Document Type: Review

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