MicroRNAs and other tiny endogenous RNAs in C. elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 807-818

  Ambros, Victor ^a   Lee, Rosalind C ^a   Lavanway, Ann ^a   Williams, Peter T ^a   Jewell, David ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037737975     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00287-2     Document Type: Article

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