Small RNAs in Germline Development

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-205

  Cook, Matthew S ^a,b   Blelloch, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous small interfering RNA; Gametogenesis; Germ cell tumor; Germline; MicroRNA; Piwi interacting RNA; Primordial germ cell; RNA binding protein; Small RNAs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871763044     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416024-8.00006-4     Document Type: Chapter

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