New advances in RNAs

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-443

  Bahadori, Moslem ^a  

^a Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA; Double stranded RNA; microRNAs; RNAi; siRNAs; stRNA

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EXPORTIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PACLITAXEL; PLANT RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; REGULATOR GENE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 48449094510     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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