Deciphering the transcriptional regulation of microRNA genes in humans with ACTLocater

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xiao, Zhen Dong ^a   Diao, Li Ting ^a   Yang, Jian Hua ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Huang, Mian Bo ^a   Deng, Yong Jin ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Qu, Liang Hu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-ALPHA; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84871768543     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks821     Document Type: Article

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