MicroRNA gene networks in oncogenesis

Current Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Drakaki, Alexandra ^a   Iliopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Gene networks; Gene regulation; MicroRNAs

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 65949090276     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920209787581299     Document Type: Review

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