Kallikreins as microRNA targets: An in silico and experimental-based analysis

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 389, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 731-738

  Chow, Tsz Fung F ^a   Crow, Megan ^a   Earle, Tammy ^b   El Said, Hala ^c   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^b,d   Yousef, George M ^a,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c National Liver Institute   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Kallikrein; KLK; microRNA; miRNA; RNAi; siRNA; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

KALLIKREIN 13; KALLIKREIN 6; MICRORNA; NEUROPSIN;

BIOINFORMATICS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 19; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MICRORNAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 47549102771     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2008.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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