Computational and experimental identification of C. elegans microRNAs

Molecular Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1253-1263

  Grad, Yonatan ^a   Aach, John ^a   Hayes, Gabriel D ^b   Reinhart, Brenda J ^b,c   Church, George M ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^a   Kim, John ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038054470     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00153-9     Document Type: Article

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