MicroRNA gets down to business

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 631-638

  Mack, George S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS;

RNA;

2' O METHOXYETHYL ANTI MICRORNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MICRORNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG TARGETING; GERM CELL TUMOR; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPUMA VIRUS; THYROID CARCINOMA; VIRUS INFECTION;

DRUG INDUSTRY; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; MICRORNAS;

EID: 34250167627     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0607-631     Document Type: Review

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