Disruption of the expression and function of microRNAs in lung cancer as a result of epigenetic changes

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Watanabe, Kousuke ^a   Takai, Daiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Histone modification; Lung cancer; microRNA; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892430346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00275     Document Type: Review

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