Hunting the needle in the haystack: A guide to obtain biologically meaningful microRNA targets

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 20266-20289

  Karbiener, Michael ^a   Glantschnig, Christina ^a   Scheideler, Marcel ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Direct microRNA target; Direct microRNA target validation; MicroRNA; MicroRNA target identification; MicroRNA mRNA interaction; Small non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 21; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

BIOINFORMATICS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL DIFFERENCE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84910143680     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151120266     Document Type: Review

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