Evolutionary emergence of microRNAs in human embryonic stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Cao, Hong ^a   Yang, Chao Shun ^a   Rana, Tariq M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 19; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES COMPARISON; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PAN; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51349134161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002820     Document Type: Article

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