MicroRNAs and gene regulatory networks: Managing the impact of noise in biological systems

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1339-1344

  Herranz, Héctor ^a   Cohen, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

MicroRNAs; Noise; Regulatory networks; Robustness

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B1; MICRORNA;

DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; MESENCHYME CELL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, SWITCH; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS;

EID: 77954517267     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1937010     Document Type: Review

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