Regulation of the mammalian nervous system by MicroRNAs

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Zeng, Yan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MAMMALS; MICRORNAS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RNA;

EID: 59449088817     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.108.052118     Document Type: Short Survey

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