Non-coding RNAs in muscle dystrophies

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 19681-19704

  Erriquez, Daniela ^a   Perini, Giovanni ^a   Ferlini, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD); Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD); Long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs); microRNAs (miRNAs); Myotonic dystrophies (DM1 and DM2)

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 133A; MICRORNA 133B; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 181; MICRORNA 206; MICRORNA 208B; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 24; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 27B; MICRORNA 29C; MICRORNA 30C; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 335; MICRORNA 499; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOMICRORNA; SYNTROPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; UTROPHIN;

BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; BETA MHC GENE; CELL FATE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EPIGENETICS; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; KUCG1 GENE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYH7B GENE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PCG GENE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRC2 GENE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PROGNOSIS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84885095644     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms141019681     Document Type: Review

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