Characterization and identification of microRNA core promoters in four model species

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 0412-0423

  Zhou, Xuefeng ^a   Ruan, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Guandong ^a   Zhang, Weixiong ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CORE PROMOTERS; HOMO SAPIENS; MODEL SPECIES; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE REGULATION; PREDICTION METHODS; PROMOTER PREDICTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

MICRORNA;

ALGORITHM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMO SAPIENS; ORYZA SATIVA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34047234690     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030037     Document Type: Article

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