A simple array platform for microRNA analysis and its application in mouse tissues

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1803-1822

  Tang, Xiaoqing ^a   Gal, Jozsef ^b   Zhuang, Xun ^a   Wang, Wangxia ^a   Zhu, Haining ^b   Tang, Guiliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS); miRNA; miRNA array; miRNA array normalization; miRNA biogenesis; Pre miRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HEART; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MICE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MUS;

EID: 34748853883     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.498607     Document Type: Article

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