Identification of phylogenetically conserved sequence motifs in microRNA 5′ flanking sites from C. elegans and C. briggsae

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Heikkinen, Liisa ^a   Asikainen, Suvi ^a   Wong, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; DNA; GENOMIC RNA; GLYCINE; MICRORNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

5' FLANKING REGION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 58149299254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-9-105     Document Type: Article

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