Intronic microRNA: Discovery and biological implications

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 195-207

  Li, Sung Chou ^a   Tang, Petrus ^b   Lin, Wen Chang ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MICRORNA;

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INTRON; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RATS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 34248648455     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.0558     Document Type: Review

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