Mechanisms of microRNA-mediated gene regulation in animal cells

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 243-249

  Nilsen, Timothy W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADENYLATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247364093     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.02.011     Document Type: Review

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