Feud or friend? The role of the miR-17-92 cluster in tumorigenesis

Current Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Xiang, Jie ^a   Wu, Ji ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

c Myc; Cancer; E2Fs; MicroRNAs (miRNAs); Oncomir; siRNAs; The miR 17 92 cluster

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

APOPTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77950441705     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920210790886853     Document Type: Review

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