IsomiRs - The overlooked repertoire in the dynamic microRNAome

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 544-549

  Neilsen, Corine T ^a,b   Goodall, Gregory J ^a,b   Bracken, Cameron P ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR CANCER BIOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

5' and 3' heterogeneity; IsomiR; MicroRNA isoform; MicroRNA polymorphism; MicroRNA sequence variant; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84867736206     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.07.005     Document Type: Review

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