Understanding principles of miRNA target recognition and function through integrated biological and bioinformatics approaches

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-379

  Carroll, Adam P ^a   Goodall, Gregory J ^b,c   Liu, Bing ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR CANCER BIOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 155; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

APOPTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84903208734     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1217     Document Type: Review

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