MicroRNAs and their implications in toxicological research

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Lema, Carolina ^a,b   Cunningham, Mary Jane ^a,c  

^a HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c Nanomics Biosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

MiRNA in toxicology; MiRNA response to stress; Toxicogenomics

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; MICRORNA; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROUGHT; DRUG ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION; REVIEW; STARVATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TOXICOGENETICS;

EID: 77955925161     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.019     Document Type: Review

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