A view from Drosophila: Multiple biological functions for individual microRNAs

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 745-753

  Smibert, Peter ^a   Lai, Eric C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Drosophila; MicroRNA; Regulation; Target

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; WNT1 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GROWTH REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77956173287     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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