Inhibiting miRNA in Caenorhabditis elegans using a potent and selective antisense reagent

Silence

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zheng, Genhua ^a   Ambros, Victor ^b   Li, Wen Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77950498936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1758907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-907X-1-9     Document Type: Article

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