The fuzzy logic of microRNA regulation: A key to control cell complexity

Current Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 350-353

  Ripoli, Andrea ^a   Rainaldi, Giuseppe ^b,c   Rizzo, Milena ^b   Mercatanti, Alberto ^b   Pitto, Letizia ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO TOSCANO TUMORI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Fuzzy logic; microRNA; Regulatory circuitries

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; MICRORNA; MYC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FUZZY LOGIC; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 77956522264     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920210791616707     Document Type: Article

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