Small RNAs derived from longer non-coding RNAs

Biochimie

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1905-1915

  Röther, Susanne ^a   Meister, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

miRNA; miRNA like small RNAs; Non coding RNAs; Regulation of gene expression; Small RNAs

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA LIKE SMALL RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; QDE 2 INTERACTING SMALL RNA; RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; SMALL RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA DAMAGE; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTRON; MAMMAL; MIRTRON; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 80053566222     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.07.032     Document Type: Review

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