Roles of microRNAs in cancer stem cells

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 4 S, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 810-818

  Zhou, Nanjiang ^a   Mo, Yin Yuan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; MicroRNA; Review; Stem cells; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BMI1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84866604492     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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