Inferring microRNA activities by combining gene expression with microRNA target prediction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Cheng, Chao ^a   Li, Lei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; TIME;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44349128983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001989     Document Type: Article

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