MicroRNAs in domestic livestock

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 685-696

  Fatima, Attia ^a,b   Morris, Dermot G ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Genomics; Livestock; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOGENESIS; BREAST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

EID: 84882707144     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00009.2013     Document Type: Review

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