microRNAs: Runts of the Genome Assert Themselves

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Lai, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0344232733     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.11.017     Document Type: Review

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