Functional insights into the role of nuclear-retained long noncoding RNAs in gene expression control in mammalian cells

Chromosome Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 695-711

  Singh, Deepak K ^a   Prasanth, Kannanganattu V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Chromatin remodeling; Long noncoding RNA; MALAT1; Nuclear domains; Nuclear retained ncRNA; Pre mRNA splicing

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DISEASES; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MAMMALS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84891027996     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9391-7     Document Type: Review

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