Small RNAs in Germ Cell Development

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-113

  Banisch, Torsten U ^a   Goudarzi, Mehdi ^a   Raz, Erez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germline; GSC; MiRNA; PGC; PiRNA; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857405528     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387038-4.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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