A map of human microRNA variation uncovers unexpectedly high levels of variability

Genome Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Carbonell, José ^a   Alloza, Eva ^a   Arce, Pablo ^b   Borrego, Salud ^c,d   Santoyo, Javier ^b   Ruiz Ferrer, Macarena ^b,d   Medina, Ignacio ^a   Jiménez Almazán, Jorge ^a   Méndez Vidal, Cristina ^c,d   González del Pozo, María ^c,d   Vela, Alicia ^b   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^b,e   Antiñolo, Guillermo ^b,c,d   Dopazo, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b Medical Genome Project   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^e CABIMER Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine CSIC University of Seville UPO   (Spain)

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EID: 84865057476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm363     Document Type: Article

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