Friday, January 18, 2008

Oncomirs - microRNAs with a role in cancer

Its glad to see the term "Oncomirs" appear in a formal publication:
http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v6/n4/abs/nrc1840.html

microRNAs could labeled by "oncogene like microRNAs" or "tumor suppressor genes like microRNAs" according to their action on cancer.

I suggests "OncoRNA" cause there may another type of regulatory RNAs could also be labeled based on their positive or negative action on cancer development.

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