Posttranscriptional Upregulation by MicroRNAs

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-330

  Vasudevan, Shobha ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION RELATED PROTEIN 1; GOLD; MICRORIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPLEX FORMATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84863694435     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.121     Document Type: Review

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