Let's Make It Happen. The Role of let-7 MicroRNA in Development

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-30

  Mondol, Vanessa ^a   Pasquinelli, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; C. elegans; Cancer; Development; Let 7; Lin 4; Lin 41; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857416455     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387038-4.00001-X     Document Type: Chapter

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