The expression level of small non-coding RNAs derived from the first exon of protein-coding genes is predictive of cancer status

EMBO Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-410

  Zovoilis, Athanasios ^a,b   Mungall, Andrew J ^a   Moore, Richard ^a   Varhol, Richard ^a   Chu, Andy ^a   Wong, Tina ^a   Marra, Marco ^a,c   Jones, Steven Jm ^a,c,d  

^a CANADA'S MICHAEL SMITH GENOME SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; small non coding RNAs; TCGA

Indexed keywords

SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; BREAST TUMOR; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; OPEN READING FRAME; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84898659360     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/embr.201337950     Document Type: Article

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