Biogenesis, identification, and function of exonic circular RNAs

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 563-579

  Chen, Iju ^a   Chen, Chia Ying ^a   Chuang, Trees Juen ^a  

^a GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR RNA; NONCO LINEAR RNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; EXONS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84939463369     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1294     Document Type: Review

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