The curious case of miRNAs in circulation: Potential diagnostic biomarkers?

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-138

  Duttagupta, Radha ^a   Jones, Keith W ^a  

^a Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA;

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CIRCULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871413568     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1149     Document Type: Review

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