Insight into microRNA regulation by analyzing the characteristics of their targets in humans

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hu, Zihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; RNA DEGRADATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA STABILITY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 74049083778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-594     Document Type: Article

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