Functional genomic, computational and proteomic analysis of C. elegans microRNAs

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 228-235

  Lehrbach, Nicolas J ^a   Miska, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ago; Argonaute; C. elegans; Let 7, lsy 6; MicroRNA; MiRNA; Post transcriptional gene regulation; Proteomics; SILAC

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 240; MICRORNA 241; MICRORNA 273; MICRORNA 35; MICRORNA 36; MICRORNA 37; MICRORNA 38; MICRORNA 39; MICRORNA 40; MICRORNA 41; MICRORNA 48; MICRORNA 61; MICRORNA 786; MICRORNA 84; MICRORNA LET 7; MICRORNA LIN 4; MICRORNA LYS 6; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOMICS; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 48949116720     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/eln024     Document Type: Article

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