2009
Lin28 promotes transformation and is associated with advanced human malignancies
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2007
Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis
Kumar MS, Lu J, Mercer KL, Golub TR, Jacks T. Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. Nature Genetics 2007, 39: 673-677. PMID: 17401365, DOI: 10.1038/ng2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget mRNA transcriptsShort hairpin RNAGlobal repressionCellular transformationMRNA transcriptsMiRNA processing machinerySmall noncoding RNAsMature miRNA expressionMiRNA lossMiRNA maturationMiRNA processingMicroRNA processingNoncoding RNAsUndifferentiated stateProcessing machineryMiRNA expressionHairpin RNAConditional deletionTumorigenesisMiRNA levelsCancer cellsTumor developmentRepressionTranscriptsRNA