The biogenesis and emerging roles of circular RNAs

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 205-211

  Chen, Ling Ling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; MICRORNA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA, CIRCULAR;

BIOGENESIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXON; EXON SKIPPING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84959153658     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2015.32     Document Type: Review

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