A Systematic Screen Reveals MicroRNA Clusters That Significantly Regulate Four Major Signaling Pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Becker, Lindsey E ^a   Lu, Zhongxin ^b   Chen, Weiqun ^b   Xiong, Wei ^c   Kong, Maiying ^d   Li, Yong ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF WUHAN   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 200A; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; DNA CONTENT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN GENE; ONCOGENE C MYC; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-KAPPA B; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84869067808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048474     Document Type: Article

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