Computational identification of Ciona intestinalis MicroRNAs

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-170

  Keshavan, Raja ^a,b   Virata, Michael ^a   Keshavan, Anisha ^a,c   Zeller, Robert W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BioDiscovery Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona; Computational prediction; MicroRNA; MiRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 76849089331     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.162     Document Type: Article

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