The Drosophila microRNA mir-14 suppresses cell death and is required for normal fat metabolism

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 790-795

  Xu, Peizhang ^a   Vernooy, Stephanie Y ^a   Guo, Ming ^b   Hay, Bruce A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; METAZOA;

EID: 0037694970     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00250-1     Document Type: Article

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