Update on non-canonical microRNAs

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 275-287

  Abdelfattah, Ahmed Maher ^a,b   Park, Chanhyun ^a,b   Choi, Michael Y ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; gene regulation; microRNA; non canonical; stem cell

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICRORNAS; NEURONS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84928821944     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2014-0012     Document Type: Review

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