Quantifying mRNA synthesis and decay rates using small RNAs

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2780-2784

  Elgart, Vlad ^a,b   Jia, Tao ^a   Kulkarni, Rahul ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 77953571345     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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