MicroRNA: Biogenesis, regulation, and role in primary brain tumors

Therapeutic Ribonucleic Acids in Brain Tumors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 327-354

  Malzkorn, Bastian ^a   Wolter, Marietta ^a   Reifenberger, Guido ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 83155185149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00475-9_15     Document Type: Chapter

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