Building a robust A-P axis

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-288

  Heimberg, Alysha ^a   McGlinn, Edwina ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A P patterning; Hox gene; MicroRNA; MiR 10; MiR 196

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOX GENE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; SKELETON; TELEOST; TISSUES; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84862596009     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212800793348     Document Type: Article

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