Circular RNA: An emerging key player in RNA world

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 547-557

  Meng, Xianwen ^a   Li, Xue ^a   Zhang, Peijing ^a   Wang, Jingjing ^a   Zhou, Yincong ^a   Chen, Ming ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics identification; Circular RNA; High throughput sequencing; Human disease; MiRNA sponge; Noncoding RNA

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85027114817     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbw045     Document Type: Article

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