A bioinformatics tool for linking gene expression profiling results with public databases of microRNA target predictions

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2290-2296

  Creighton, Chad J ^a   Nagaraja, Ankur K ^a   Hanash, Samir M ^b   Matzuk, Martin M ^a   Gunaratne, Preethi H ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression profiling; MicroRNA; MiRanda; PicTar; TargetScan

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICRORNAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 55649091427     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1188208     Document Type: Article

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