microRNAs play critical roles in the survival and recovery of Caenorhabditis elegans from starvation-induced L1 diapause

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 17997-18002

  Zhang, Xiaochang ^a   Zabinsky, Rebecca ^a   Teng, Yudong ^a   Cui, Mingxue ^a   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age 1; Ain 1; Developmental timing; GW182; Unc 31

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 71; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE 1 GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; DIAPAUSE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; UNC 31 GENE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 81055130277     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105982108     Document Type: Article

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