Reexamining microRNA site accessibility in Drosophila: A population genomics study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Kevin ^a,b   Maaskola, Jonas ^b   Siegal, Mark L ^a   Rajewsky, Nikolaus ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY YIELD; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS;

EID: 66249100252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005681     Document Type: Article

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