MicroRNAs in ER Stress: Divergent Roles in Cell Fate Decisions

Current Pathobiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 117-122

  Malhi, Harmeet ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Activating transcription factor 4; Activating transcription factor 6 alpha; Apoptosis; C EBP homologous protein; Inositol requiring enzyme 1 alpha; Protein kinase like ER kinase; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962419602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2167485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40139-014-0046-y     Document Type: Review

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