Why mouse oocytes and early embryos ignore miRNAs?

RNA Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 559-563

  Svoboda, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dgcr8; Dicer; miRNA; Oocyte; P bodies; RNAi

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; ZYGOTE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICRORNAS; OOCYTES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER, STORED;

EID: 78649384829     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.5.12940     Document Type: Review

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