The role of microRNAs in cancer

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Stahlhut Espinosa, Carlos E ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; LET 7 MICRORNA, HUMAN; LET-7 MICRORNA, HUMAN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; ONCOGENE RAS; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; RAS PROTEINS;

EID: 38549182603     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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