Genetic variations of microRNAs in human cancer and their effects on the expression of miRNAs

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1710-1716

  Wu, Meiqun ^a   Jolicoeur, Normand ^b   Li, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Linhua ^a,b   Fortin, Yves ^b   L'Abbe, Denis ^b   Yu, Zhenbao ^b   Shen, Shi Hsiang ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; MICRORNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 50849100374     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgn073     Document Type: Article

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