MicroRNA binding sites in the coding region of mRNAs: Extending the repertoire of post-transcriptional gene regulation

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 617-626

  Brümmer, Anneke ^a   Hausser, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

3' UTR; CDS; MiRNAs; MRNA degradation; Post transcriptional regulation; RBPs; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84900017678     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300104     Document Type: Article

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