PiR_015520 belongs to Piwi-Associated RNAs regulates expression of the human Melatonin receptor 1A gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Esposito, Teresa ^a   Magliocca, Sara ^a   Formicola, Daniela ^a   Gianfrancesco, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1A RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; PIWI ASSOCIATED RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MTNR1A GENE; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

MUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 79960747675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022727     Document Type: Article

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