Long non-coding RNA-mediated mechanisms independent of the RNAi pathway in animals and plants

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-414

  Au, Phil Chi Khang ^a   Zhu, Qian Hao ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a   Wang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin modifications; Long non coding RNA; Transcription factor regulation; Transcriptional gene regulation; Translational gene regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CHAPERONE; LONG NON CODING RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956104516     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.3.14382     Document Type: Review

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