Regulation of lin-4 miRNA expression, organismal growth and development by a conserved RNA binding protein in C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-221

  Bracht, John R ^a   Van Wynsberghe, Priscilla M ^a   Mondol, Vanessa ^a   Pasquinelli, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Developmental timing; Lin 14; Lin 28; Lin 4; MiRNA; Rbm 28

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 78349307166     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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