MicroRNAs: Molecular features and role in cancer

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2508-2540

  Lages, Elodie ^a   Ipas, Helene ^a   Guttin, Audrey ^a   Nesr, Houssam ^a   Berger, Francois ^a   Issartel, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Exosome; miRNA; Oncogenes; OncomiR; Review; Tumor Suppressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860317269     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4068     Document Type: Article

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