Rethinking the central dogma: Noncoding RNAs are biologically relevant

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-306

  Robinson, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

microRNA; Noncoding RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 65349119331     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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