MicroRNAs: A developing story

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-205

  Pasquinelli, Amy E ^a   Hunter, Shaun ^a   Bracht, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOX GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 15744377208     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2005.01.002     Document Type: Review

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