Biological functions of microRNAs: A review

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Huang, Yong ^a,c   Shen, Xing Jia ^a,c   Zou, Quan ^b   Wang, Sheng Peng ^a,c   Tang, Shun Ming ^a,c   Zhang, Guo Zheng ^a,c  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Disease; Expression; Function; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; PSORIASIS; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; IMMUNITY; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 79955859316     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-010-0050-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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