Emerging fundamental roles for non-coding RNA species in toxicology

Toxicology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Taylor, Emma L ^a   Gant, Timothy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microRNA; mRNA translation; Non coding RNA; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

COMPREHENSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 40049098302     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.12.030     Document Type: Review

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