Long non-coding RNAs and complex human diseases

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 18790-18808

  Li, Jing ^a,c   Xuan, Zhenyu ^b   Liu, Changning ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Complex human disease; Long non coding RNA; Non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOINFORMATICS; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; COLON CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRAGILE X TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84884191636     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140918790     Document Type: Review

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