The role of microRNAs in synaptic development and function

BMB Reports

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Corbin, Rachel ^a   Olsson Carter, Katherine ^a   Slack, Frank ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Microrna; Mirna; Plasticity; RISC; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MEMORY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; MEMORY; MICRORNAS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES;

EID: 67449107425     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2009.42.3.131     Document Type: Short Survey

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