Everything you wanted to know about small RNA but were afraid to ask

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Boyd, Scott D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; microRNAs; Pathology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MICRORNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; NEOPLASM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44349191959     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2008.32     Document Type: Review

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