MicroRNA in control of gene expression: An overview of nuclear functions

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Catalanotto, Caterina ^a   Cogoni, Carlo ^a   Zardo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; microRNA; MiRNA inducing silencing complex (miRISC); Nuclear function; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 15A; MICRORNA 223; MICRORNA 709; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; APOPTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOLUS; RNA TRANSPORT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84991576407     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17101712     Document Type: Review

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