Discerning different in vivo roles of microRNAs by experimental approaches in zebrafish

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2011, Pages 353-378

  Pase, Luke ^a,b   Lieschke, Graham J ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Genetic Techniques; MicroRNAs; Research Design

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052817270     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374814-0.00020-3     Document Type: Chapter

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