Recent insights and novel bioinformatics tools to understand the role of MicroRNAs binding to 5' untranslated region

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 480-495

  da Sacco, Letizia ^a   Masotti, Andrea ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

3'UTR; 5'UTR; Bioinformatics tools; MiRNAs; Translation regulation

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; FOS LIKE ANTIGEN 1; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 10A; MICRORNA 122; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN 140; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' OLIGOPYRIMIDINE TRACT MOTIF; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALGORITHM; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA BASE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MIBRIDGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION ACTIVATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872201233     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14010480     Document Type: Review

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