Study strategies for long non-coding RNAs and their roles in regulating gene expression

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 323-349

  Qin, Dan ^a   Xu, Cunshuan ^a  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Characterizations; Disease; Functions; Gene expression regulation; High throughput techniques; Higher structure; LncRNAs; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84930679084     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cmble-2015-0021     Document Type: Article

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