Diversity of animal small RNA pathways and their biological utility

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-368

  Okamura, Katsutomo ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84863675121     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.113     Document Type: Review

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