Tumour-related microRNAs functions in Caenorhabditis elegans

Oncogene

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 6197-6201

  Jannot, G ^a   Simard, M J ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans; MicroRNA; miR 61; miR 84; Oncogene

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MIR 61 GENE; MIR 84 GENE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAV GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33749507383     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209921     Document Type: Review

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