Understanding microRNA-mediated gene regulatory networks through mathematical modelling

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 6019-6035

  Lai, Xin ^a   Wolkenhauer, Olaf ^b,c   Vera, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDFORWARD LOOP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIMULATION; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84982836627     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw550     Document Type: Article

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