Exploring microRNA functions in zebrafish

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Fjose, Anders ^a   Zhao, Xiao Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELLULAR FACTORS; DANIO RERIO; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GENE SILENCING; IN-VIVO; MICRORNA (MIRNA); MICRORNAS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; VERTEBRATE MODEL; ZEBRAFISH;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MICRORNA;

BIOASSAY; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952798794     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.02.017     Document Type: Review

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