Context-dependent functions of specific microRNAs in neuronal development

Neural Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gao, Fen Biao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MICRORNAS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 77957194193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-5-25     Document Type: Article

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