MicroRNAs in gene regulation: When the smallest governs it all

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ouellet, Dominique L ^a,b   Perron, Marjorie P ^a,b   Gobeil, Lise Andrée ^a,b   Plante, Pierre ^a,b   Provost, Patrick ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DICER; EXPORTIN 5; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MICRORNA; NUCLEASE; NUCLEASE TUDOR; NUCLEOTIDE; POTEIN RISC; PROTEIN AGO2; PROTEIN DGCR8; PROTEIN DROSHA; PROTEIN R2D2; PROTEIN RITS; PROTEIN TRBP1; PROTEIN TRBP2; PROTEIN VIG; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

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EID: 33746793605     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/JBB/2006/69616     Document Type: Review

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