Identification of loop nucleotide polymorphisms affecting microRNA processing and function

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 518-526

  Xiong, Xiaoxing ^a   Kang, Xianhui ^a   Zheng, Yueying ^a   Yue, Sibiao ^b   Zhu, Shengmei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Let 7; MicroRNA processing; Post transcriptional regulation; SNP; Terminal loop

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 84900386510     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-0171-1     Document Type: Article

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