Characterization of microRNAs from sheep (Ovis aries) using computational and experimental analyses

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3161-3171

  Sheng, Xihui ^a,b   Song, Xuemei ^c   Yu, Yan ^d   Niu, Lili ^e   Li, Shangang ^f   Li, Hongbin ^g   Wei, Caihong ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Du, Lixin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^f SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tag (EST); MicroRNA; MicroRNA*; Sheep; Small cDNA library; Target gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052492895     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-9987-3     Document Type: Article

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