The functions of microRNAs in pluripotency and reprogramming

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1114-1121

  Leonardo, Trevor R ^a   Schultheisz, Heather L ^a   Loring, Jeanne F ^a   Laurent, Louise C ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; DICER1; DIGEORGE SYNDROME CRITICAL REGION PROTEIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 106; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 195; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 290; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 302; MICRORNA 367; MICRORNA 372; MICRORNA 520; MICRORNA LET 7; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; CROSS LINKING; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIGENETICS; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MESENCHYMAL EPITHELIAL TRANSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENCY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

EID: 84869002238     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2613     Document Type: Review

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