Impact of MicroRNA Levels, Target-Site Complementarity, and Cooperativity on Competing Endogenous RNA-Regulated Gene Expression

Molecular Cell

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 565-579

  Denzler, Rémy ^a   McGeary, Sean E ^b,c,d   Title, Alexandra C ^a   Agarwal, Vikram ^b,c,d   Bartel, David P ^b,c,d   Stoffel, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

base pair complementarity; competing endogenous RNA; cooperatively; gene regulation; miRNA; miRNA degradation; target abundance

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOPROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; REPORTER GENE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, REPORTER; HEPATOCYTES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; PLASMIDS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84995467719     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.09.027     Document Type: Article

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