The mir-51 family of micrornas functions in diverse regulatory pathways in caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Brenner, John L ^a   Kemp, Benedict J ^a   Abbott, Allison L ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 240; MICRORNA 244; MICRORNA 35; MICRORNA 48; MICRORNA 51; MICRORNA 52; MICRORNA 53; MICRORNA 54; MICRORNA 55; MICRORNA 56; MICRORNA 58; MICRORNA 62; MICRORNA 786; MICRORNA LET 7; MICRORNA LSY 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LET 7 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; LET-7 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84861217402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037185     Document Type: Article

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