Circular RNA Expression: Its Potential Regulation and Function

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 309-316

  Salzman, Julia ^a  

^a STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CircRNA; Circular RNA; RNA; RNA splicing

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR RNA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA, CIRCULAR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; RNA SPLICING;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84961909446     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.03.002     Document Type: Review

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