MiRNA in pluripotent stem cells

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 545-555

  Lakshmipathy, Uma ^a   Davila, Jonathan ^a   Hart, Ronald P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

embryonic stem cells; epigenetics; induced pluripotent stem cells; miRNA

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DICER; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN LET 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 77954811476     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.10.34     Document Type: Review

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