Regulatory non-coding RNAs in pluripotent stem cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 14346-14373

  Rosa, Alessandro ^a   Brivanlou, Ali H ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Long non coding RNA; MicroRNA; Pluripotency; Reprogramming

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 290; MICRORNA 291; MICRORNA 291B; MICRORNA 292; MICRORNA 293; MICRORNA 294; MICRORNA 295; MICRORNA 302; MICRORNA 302A; MICRORNA 302B; MICRORNA 302C; MICRORNA 302D; MICRORNA 367; MICRORNA 371; MICRORNA 372; MICRORNA 373; MICRORNA 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL FATE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84880087880     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140714346     Document Type: Review

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