The DMD Locus Harbours Multiple Long Non-Coding RNAs Which Orchestrate and Control Transcription of Muscle Dystrophin mRNA Isoforms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bovolenta, Matteo ^a   Erriquez, Daniela ^b   Valli, Emanuele ^b   Brioschi, Simona ^a   Scotton, Chiara ^a   Neri, Marcella ^a   Falzarano, Maria Sofia ^a   Gherardi, Samuele ^b   Fabris, Marina ^a   Rimessi, Paola ^a   Gualandi, Francesca ^a   Perini, Giovanni ^b   Ferlini, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; LONG NON CODING RNA; LUCIFERASE; MYOD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTOM MADE TILING ARRAY; DMD GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; REPORTER GENE; SAMPLE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DYSTROPHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RNA ISOFORMS; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84866665985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045328     Document Type: Article

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