Transcriptional gene silencing in humans

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 6505-6517

  Weinberg, Marc S ^a,b   Morris, Kevin V ^a,c,d  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

CELL DIVISION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84976649938     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw139     Document Type: Review

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