Circular RNAs: A new frontier in the study of human diseases

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 359-365

  Chen, Yonghua ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Tan, Chunlu ^a   Liu, Xubao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CIRCULAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA; RNA, CIRCULAR;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASES; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; DISEASE; HUMANS; RNA;

EID: 84960906203     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: 14686244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-103758     Document Type: Review

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