Experimental strategies for microRNA target identification

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6845-6853

  Thomson, Daniel W ^a,b   Bracken, Cameron P ^a,b   Goodall, Gregory J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR CANCER BIOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEOSIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80052451056     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr330     Document Type: Review

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