Model-guided quantitative analysis of microRNA-mediated regulation on competing endogenous RNAs using a synthetic gene circuit

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3158-3163

  Yuan, Ye ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Xie, Peng ^a   Zhang, Michael Q ^a,b   Li, Yanda ^a   Xie, Zhen ^a   Wang, Xiaowo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing endogenous RNA; MicroRNA regulation; Quantitative biology; RNA interference efficiency; Synthetic gene circuits

Indexed keywords

COMPETING ENDOGENOUS RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SYNTHETIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS;

MAMMALIA;

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84924302007     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413896112     Document Type: Article

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