The let-7 family of microRNAs

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 505-516

  Roush, Sarah ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; LETHAL 7 GENE; LETHAL GENE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 52949091534     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.07.007     Document Type: Review

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