A gene expression restriction network mediated by sense and antisense Alu sequences located on protein-coding messenger RNAs

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Liang, Kung Hao ^a   Yeh, Chau Ting ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alu carrying protein coding RNA; Antisense Alu; Double stranded Alu; Gene expression restriction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PER2 PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IMMUNITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PCM1 GENE; PER2 GENE; RNA BINDING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALU ELEMENTS; DNA, ANTISENSE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84877310506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-325     Document Type: Article

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