Noncoding RNAs in gene regulation

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 728-738

  Wery, Maxime ^a,b,c   Kwapisz, Marta ^a,b,c   Morillon, Antonin ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959994175     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.148     Document Type: Article

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