Cell autonomous specification of temporal identity by Caenorhabditis elegans microRNA lin-4

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 603-610

  Zhang, Huibin ^a   Fire, Andrew Z ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell autonomy; Lin 4; MicroRNAs; Temporal regulation

Indexed keywords

LIN 4 MICRORNA; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77955279152     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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