Natural antisense transcripts regulate gene expression in an epigenetic manner

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-181

  Su, Wen Yu ^a   Xiong, Hua ^a   Fang, Jing Yuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Natural antisense transcripts; Non coding RNA; Therapy

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; APTAMER; AZACITIDINE; BETA SECRETASE 1; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; FOMIVIRSEN; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; OBLIMERSEN; RIBOZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRICHOSTATIN A; VORINOSTAT;

ANTISENSE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RETINITIS; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; RNA, ANTISENSE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77952744176     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.147     Document Type: Short Survey

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