miRNA gene counts in chromosomes vary widely in a species and biogenesis of miRNA largely depends on transcription or post-transcriptional processing of coding genes

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Ghorai, Atanu ^a   Ghosh, Utpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Coding genes; Correlation coefficient; Disease association; Intergenic; Intronic; miRNA; Non coding gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CODING GENE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MICRORNA CODING; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84901062524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00100     Document Type: Article

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