Posttranscriptional Regulation of MicroRNA Biogenesis in Animals

Molecular Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-332

  Siomi, Haruhiko ^a   Siomi, Mikiko C ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; MICRORNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AUTOREGULATION; BIOGENESIS; CANCER GROWTH; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HOMEOSTASIS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77951964981     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.03.013     Document Type: Review

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