High-resolution northern blot for a reliable analysis of microRNAs and their precursors

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 102-117

  Koscianska, Edyta ^a   Starega Roslan, Julia ^a   Czubala, Katarzyna ^a   Krzyzosiak, Wlodzimierz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

miRNA; miRNA length heterogeneity; Northern blotting; Pre miRNA; Single nucleotide resolution

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PREMICRORNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRECURSOR;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79551482286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.11     Document Type: Article

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