Small RNA silencing pathways

Antisense Drug Technology: Principles, Strategies, and Applications, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 75-88

  Sigova, Alla ^a   Zamore, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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