Extensive post-transcriptional regulation of microRNAs and its implications for cancer

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2202-2207

  Thomson, J Michael ^a   Newman, Martin ^a   Parker, Joel S ^b   Morin Kensicki, Elizabeth M ^a   Wright, Tricia ^a   Hammond, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Statistics and Public Health Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Drosha; Let 7; microRNA; miRNA; RISC

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MICE; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; STEM CELLS; TERATOCARCINOMA; UP-REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33747334621     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1444406     Document Type: Article

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