Role of microRNAs in the molecular diagnosis of cancer

Journal of Nucleic Acids Investigation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-18

  Giglio, Simona ^a   Vecchione, Andrea ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; miRNA; Molecular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 141; MICRORNA 146B; MICRORNA 205; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 30A 5P; MICRORNA 30D; MICRORNA 638; MICRORNA 9; MICRORNA 92; MICRORNA 92A; MICRORNA 92B; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 79551600698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20356005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jnai.2010.e4     Document Type: Article

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