MicroRNAs in brain development and degeneration

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2243-2252

  Enciu, Ana Maria ^a   Popescu, Bogdan Ovidiu ^a,b   Gheorghisan Galateanu, Ancuta ^a,c  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^c 34 36 Aviatorilor ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain development; MicroRNA; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84863820664     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0973-1     Document Type: Article

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