A densely interconnected genome-wide network of micrornas and oncogenic pathways revealed using gene expression signatures

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Ooi, Chia Huey ^a   Oh, Hue Kian ^a,b   Wang, Hannah Zhu'Ai ^a   Tan, Angie Lay Keng ^a   Wu, Jeanie ^a,b   Lee, Minghui ^a,b   Rha, Sun Young ^c   Chung, Hyun Cheol ^c   Virshup, David Marc ^a   Tan, Patrick ^a,b,d,e  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; MICRORNA; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; STAT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; CARCINOGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURE; GENE MAPPING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

CARCINOGENS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, HUMAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84855262919     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002415     Document Type: Article

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