Drosophila let-7 microRNA is required for remodeling of the neuromusculature during metamorphosis

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1591-1596

  Sokol, Nicholas S ^a,c   Xu, Peizhang ^b   Jan, Yuh Nung ^b   Ambros, Victor ^a,d  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental timing; Heterochronic; Let 7; Let 7 Complex; MicroRNA; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN LET7;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICRORNAS; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 45349099216     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1671708     Document Type: Article

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