Approaches to microrna discovery

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 6S, 2006, Pages S2-

  Berezikov, Eugene ^a   Cuppen, Edwin ^a   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745239258     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1794     Document Type: Article

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