MicroRNA biogenesis and variability

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-380

  García López, Jesús ^a   Brieño Enríquez, Miguel A ^a   Del Mazo, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canonical biogenesis; Editing; IsomiRs; MicroRNAs; Noncanonical biogenesis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA ISOFORM;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RNA EDITING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA EDITING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84881501000     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2013-0015     Document Type: Review

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