Nuclear microRNAs and their unconventional role in regulating non-coding RNAs

Protein and Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 325-330

  Liang, Hongwei ^a   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Zen, Ke ^a   Zhang, Chen Yu ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Exportin; Importin; microRNA; non coding RNA; nuclear microRNA; nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; EXPORTIN 5; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEAR MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84877070189     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-013-3001-5     Document Type: Review

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