Understanding MicroRNA regulation: A computational perspective

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Yue, Dong ^a   Meng, Jia ^a   Lu, Mingzhu ^a   Chen, C L Philip ^a   Guo, Maozu ^b,c   Huang, Yufei ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA;

CELLULAR FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORS; MICRORNA (MIRNA); MULTIPLE MODES; NON-CODING RNAS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 85032751589     PISSN: 10535888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2011.943013     Document Type: Article

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