Diagnostic and prognostic implications of ribosomal protein transcript expression patterns in human cancers

Abstract Background Ribosomes, the organelles responsible for the translation of mRNA, are comprised of four rRNAs and ~ 80 ribosomal proteins (RPs). Although canonically assumed to be maintained in equivalent proportions, some RPs have been shown to possess differential expression across tissue typ...

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Main Authors: James M. Dolezal, Arie P. Dash, Edward V. Prochownik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4178-z