Ultraconserved Regions Encoding ncRNAs Are Altered in Human Leukemias and Carcinomas

Cancer Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-229

  Calin, George A ^a   Liu, Chang gong ^a   Ferracin, Manuela ^c   Hyslop, Terry ^d   Spizzo, Riccardo ^a   Sevignani, Cinzia ^e   Fabbri, Muller ^a   Cimmino, Amelia ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^b   Wojcik, Sylwia E ^a   Shimizu, Masayoshi ^a   Tili, Esmerina ^a   Rossi, Simona ^c   Taccioli, Cristian ^a   Pichiorri, Flavia ^a   Liu, Xiuping ^a   Zupo, Simona ^f   Herlea, Vlad ^g   Gramantieri, Laura ^h   Lanza, Giovanni ^c   Alder, Hansjuerg ^a   Rassenti, Laura ⁱ   Volinia, Stefano ^a,c   Schmittgen, Thomas D ^b   Kipps, Thomas J ⁱ   Negrini, Massimo ^a,c   Croce, Carlo M ^a   more..

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Italy)

^g FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLCYCLE; RNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 34548230885     PISSN: 15356108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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