Inferring Potential microRNA-microRNA Associations Based on Targeting Propensity and Connectivity in the Context of Protein Interaction Network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Jie ^a   Zhou, Meng ^a   Yang, Haixiu ^a   Deng, Jiaen ^a   Wang, Letian ^a   Wang, Qianghu ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS;

EID: 84880476887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069719     Document Type: Article

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