Apoptosis and the target genes of microRNA-21

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 371-380

  Buscaglia, Lindsey E Becker ^a   Li, Yong ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; MicroRNA; MicroRNA 21

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; ANKYRIN; B CELL TRANSLOCATION GENE 2 PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION CYCLE 25A; HETEROGENOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN K; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; JAGGED1; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT INTERACTING PROTEIN 1; MARCKS PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MICRORNA 21; PELLINO 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 4; PROTEIN BCL 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REVERSION INDUCING CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN WITH KAZAL MOTIF; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SPROUTY HOMOLOG 1 PROTEIN; SPROUTY HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN 63; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79959315095     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.30.0371     Document Type: Review

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