MicroRNAs in mouse development and disease

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 774-780

  Lewis, Morag A ^a   Steel, Karen P ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease mechanisms; Disease models; MicroRNA; Mouse mutants

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77956171508     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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