Small RNA transcriptome investigation based on next-generation sequencing technology

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 505-513

  Zhou, Linglin ^a   Li, Xueying ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Zhao, Fangqing ^b   Wu, Jinyu ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Category; Next generation sequencing; Small RNA transcriptome

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOINFORMATICS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 82455187980     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2011.08.006     Document Type: Review

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