Minireview: The roles of small RNA pathways in reproductive medicine

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1257-1279

  Hawkins, Shannon M ^a   Buchold, Gregory M ^a,b   Matzuk, Martin M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEIOMYOMA; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MUS;

EID: 79960988204     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-0099     Document Type: Review

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