MicroRNAs, ultraconserved genes and colorectal cancers

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1291-1297

  Rossi, Simona ^a   Kopetz, Scott ^a   Davuluri, Ramana ^b   Hamilton, Stanley R ^a   Calin, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Metastasis; MicroRNA; Profiling; Ultraconserved gene

Indexed keywords

DICER; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C MYC; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR GENE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 77954386625     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.05.018     Document Type: Review

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