When cellular networks run out of control: Global dysregulation of the RNAi machinery in human pathology and therapy

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 102, Issue , 2011, Pages 165-242

  Mockenhaupt, Stefan ^a   Schürmann, Nina ^a   Grimm, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Cancer; DGCR8; Dicer; Drosha; Dysregulation; Exportin 5; Gene therapy; miRNA; RISC; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051913931     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415795-8.00006-4     Document Type: Chapter

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