Evolutionary conservation and functional roles of ncRNA

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Qu, Zhipeng ^a   Adelson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene regulation; Genetic; Long ncRNA; Molecular; NcRNA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876136539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00205     Document Type: Article

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