Interplay of microRNA and epigenetic regulation in the human regulatory network

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Osella, Matteo ^a   Riba, Andrea ^a   Testori, Alessandro ^a   Corá, Davide ^a   Caselle, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epigenetic regulation; Feedback loops; MicroRNAs; Network motifs

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; STABLE EXPRESSION;

EID: 84917738474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00345     Document Type: Article

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