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International Journal of Cell Biology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 672462, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/672462
Research Article

Distinct MicroRNA Subcellular Size and Expression Patterns in Human Cancer Cells

Beibei Chen,1,2 Bo Zhang,1,2 Huaxia Luo,1,2 Jiao Yuan,1,2 Geir Skogerbø,1 and Runsheng Chen1

1Laboratory of Bioinformation and Noncoding RNA and Center for Systems Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

Received 27 July 2011; Accepted 9 November 2011

Academic Editor: Ivana De La Serna

Copyright © 2012 Beibei Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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