Chimeric RNAs as potential biomarkers for tumor diagnosis

BMB Reports

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 133-140

  Zhou, Jianhua ^a   Liao, Joshua ^b   Zheng, Xuexiu ^c   Shen, Haihong ^c  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Chimeric RNA; Fusion gene; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; RNA; TUMOR MARKER;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RNA, NEOPLASM; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861841703     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2012.45.3.133     Document Type: Short Survey

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