Dampening the Signals Transduced through Hedgehog via MicroRNA miR-7 Facilitates Notch-Induced Tumourigenesis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Da Ros, Vanina G ^a   Gutierrez Perez, Irene ^a   Ferres Marco, Dolors ^a   Dominguez, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 7; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOI GENE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEDGEHOG SIGNALING PATHWAY; IHOG GENE; LIMB BUD; MIR 7 GENE; NONHUMAN; NOTCH SIGNALING PATHWAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

CUBITUS INTERRUPTUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84878324442     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001554     Document Type: Article

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