MicroRNA: A new player in stem cells

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-269

  Zhang, Baohong ^a   Pan, Xiaoping ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL RENEWAL; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33749236251     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20713     Document Type: Short Survey

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