Non-coding RNAs: Regulators of disease

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-139

  Taft, Ryan J ^a   Pang, Ken C ^b   Mercer, Timothy R ^a   Dinger, Marcel ^a   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome wide association study; microRNAs; Non coding RNAs; RNA interference; Small RNAs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CHROMATIN; CODING; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 73949085491     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2638     Document Type: Review

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