Regulatory rnas in the light of drosophila genomics

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 356-365

  Marco, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; MiRNA; Non coding RNA; PiRNA; SIRNA; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; GENOMIC RNA; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, INSECT; MICRORNAS; RNA;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84867131136     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els033     Document Type: Article

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