Neighboring gene regulation by antisense long Non-Coding RNAs

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 3251-3266

  Villegas, Victoria E ^a,b   Zaphiropoulos, Peter G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antisense transcription; Gene regulation; Long non coding RNAs; Regulatory RNA

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BETA SECRETASE 1; BMI1 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; RAS ASSOCIATION DOMAIN FAMILY PROTEIN 1A; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; SILVER RUSSELL SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TURNER SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; EPISTASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; DNA; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84922311751     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms16023251     Document Type: Review

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