Circular RNA – New member of noncoding RNA with novel functions

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 242, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1136-1141

  Hsiao, Kuei Yang ^a   Sun, H Sunny ^a   Tsai, Shaw Jenq ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cancer; cardiovascular disease; Circular RNA; miRNA sponge; molecular adaptor; neuronal disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; MICRORNA; PROTEIN P21; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA; RNA, CIRCULAR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 85020289043     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370217708978     Document Type: Review

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