Structural and thermodynamic features of intergenic and intronic human primary microRNAs

Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 508-516

  Posrednik, D V ^a   Ramanouskaya, T V ^a   Radzisheuskaya, A A ^b   Khatkevich, A A ^c   Goncharevich, A Y ^d   Cherepovich, V S ^a   Grinev, V V ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND CYTOLOGY   (Belarus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comparative analysis; intergenic and intronic microRNAs; primary microRNAs; secondary structure; thermodynamic characterization

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79958807959     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893311020142     Document Type: Article

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