MicroRNA role in thyroid cancer development

Journal of Thyroid Research

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Marini, Francesca ^a   Luzi, Ettore ^a   Brandi, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 10A; MICRORNA 124A; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 127; MICRORNA 129; MICRORNA 137; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 146B; MICRORNA 154; MICRORNA 181B; MICRORNA 183; MICRORNA 187; MICRORNA 18A; MICRORNA 197; MICRORNA 19B; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 219; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 339; MICRORNA 346; MICRORNA 9; MICRORNA LET 7F; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PTEN GENE; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA;

EID: 84872731006     PISSN: 20908067     EISSN: 20420072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/407123     Document Type: Review

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