MicroRNA-cancer connection: The beginning of a new tale

Cancer Research

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 7390-7394

  Calin, George Adrian ^a   Croce, Carlo Maria ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CANCER CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE RAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEOTIDE MAPPING;

EID: 33747876113     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0800     Document Type: Review

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