Gene regulation by non-coding RNAs

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-32

  Patil, Veena S ^a   Zhou, Rui ^a   Rana, Tariq M ^a,b,c  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; LincRNAs; MiRNA; NcRNA; RNA complexes

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

APOPTOSIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE CONTROL; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893068058     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2013.844092     Document Type: Review

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