Identification and function of long non-coding RNAs

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-126

  Young, Robert S ^a   Ponting, Chris P ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cis regulation; Dosage compensation; Evolutionary conservation; Imprinting; Intergenic; Transcription

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84879150139     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0540113     Document Type: Article

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