Drosophila microRNAs 263a/b confer robustness during development by protecting nascent sense organs from apoptosis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Hilgers, Valérie ^a,b,c   Bushati, Natascha ^a,d   Cohen, Stephen M ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIN E; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 263A; MICRORNA 263B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSE ORGAN DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSE ORGAN; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; SENSE ORGANS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77954697226     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000396     Document Type: Article

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