Linking RNA biology to lncRNAs

Genome Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1456-1465

  Goff, Loyal A ^a,b   Rinn, John L ^c,d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Harvard University   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NUCLEIC ACID; UNTRANSLATED RNA; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RIBOZYME; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BIOLOGY; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84942848636     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.191122.115     Document Type: Review

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