Current Perspectives in microRNAs (miRNA)

Nearly 97% of the human genome is the non-coding DNA, which varies from one species to another, and changes in these sequences are frequently noticed to manifest clinical and circumstantial malfunction. Numerous non-protein-coding genes are recently found to encode microRNAs, which are responsible f...

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Other Authors / Creators:Ying, Shao-Yao. editor.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Imprint: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
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Online Access:Available in Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences eBooks 2008 English/International.
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505 0 |a Structures of MicroRNA Precursors -- Small RNA Technologies: siRNA, miRNA, antagomiR, Target Mimicry, miRNA Sponge and miRNA Profiling -- RNA Interference Expression Vectors Based on miRNAs and RNA Splicing -- Recent Application of Intronic MicroRNA Agents in Cosmetics -- MicroRNA Profiling in CNS Tissue Using Microarrays -- MicroRNA and Erythroid Differentiation -- Homeotic miRNAs: From Development to Pathologies -- MicroRNA in Muscle Development and Function -- MicroRNAs and Regenerative Medicine -- Role of mir-302 MicroRNA Family in Stem Cell Pluripotency and Renewal -- Epigenetic Regulation of miRNA in Stem Cells -- Identification of Cellular Targets for Virally-Encoded miRNAs by Ectopic Expression and Gene Expression Profiling -- MicroRNA in Neuropsychiatric Diseases -- Role of Repeat-Associated MicroRNA (ramRNA) in Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) -- miRNA and Schizophrenia -- SNPs in microRNA and microRNA Target Sites Associated with Human Cancers -- Expression and Function of microRNAs in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia -- MicroRNAs in Vascular Neointimal Lesion Formation -- microRNA in Cutaneous Wound Healing -- CpG Island Hypermethylation, miRNAs, and Human Cancer -- Microarray Profiling of microRNA Changes in Cells That Express HIV-1 Proteins -- microRNA-Associated Therapies -- The Use of RNAi to Elucidate and Manipulate Secondary Metabolite Synthesis in Plants. 
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