Identification of the transcriptional promoters in the proximal regions of human microRNA genes

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 4153-4157

  Long, Yue Sheng ^a   Deng, Guang Fei ^a   Sun, Xun Sha ^a   Yi, Yong Hong ^a   Su, Tao ^a   Zhao, Qi Hua ^a   Liao, Wei Ping ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

microRNA; Promoter; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERGENIC MICRORNA; INTRONIC MICRORNA; LUCIFERASE; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRORNA GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; RNA STRUCTURE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE PAIRING; GENOME, HUMAN; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICRORNAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052471539     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0535-y     Document Type: Article

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