Circular RNAs: Identification, biogenesis and function

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1859, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 163-168

  Ebbesen, Karoline K ^a   Kjems, Jørgen ^a   Hansen, Thomas B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

circRNA; Circular RNA

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR RNA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, CIRCULAR;

BIOGENESIS; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; RNA SPLICING;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA; RNA SPLICING; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84953347145     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.07.007     Document Type: Review

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