miRNA sponges: Soaking up miRNAs for regulation of gene expression

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 317-333

  Bak, Rasmus O ^a   Mikkelsen, Jacob Giehm ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; EXPORTIN 5; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA SPONGE; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84901813910     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1213     Document Type: Review

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