MicroRNAs in Breast Cancer
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Published: April 2010
Place of publication: Hauppauge (NY), USA
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781616684983
Description: MicroRNAs, or miRNAs, are a recently discovered class of small regulatory RNAs that influence the stability and translational efficiency of target messenger RNAs (mRNAs). Alterations in miRNA expression are associated with an increasing number of biological processes, including breast cancer. The study of miRNAs is a rapidly developing field that could considerably change our vision of breast cancer biology. This book offers an insight into our current knowledge of human miRNAs, with a specific interest for breast cancer.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1