MicroRNAs in melanocyte and melanoma biology

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 340-354

  Mione, Marina ^a   Bosserhoff, Anja ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanocytes; Melanoma; MicroRNA; MiR; MiRNA processing; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; EXOSOME; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA PROCESSING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84927021131     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12346     Document Type: Article

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