Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in Chondrocytes from Distinct Regions of Developing Human Cartilage

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  McAlinden, Audrey ^a   Varghese, Nobish ^b   Wirthlin, Louisa ^a   Chang, Li Wei ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 100; MICRORNA 106A; MICRORNA 127; MICRORNA 130A; MICRORNA 140 5P; MICRORNA 199A 3P; MICRORNA 19B; MICRORNA 206; MICRORNA 20A; MICRORNA 214; MICRORNA 224; MICRORNA 23B; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 26B; MICRORNA 27B; MICRORNA 30B; MICRORNA 30C; MICRORNA 320; MICRORNA 331; MICRORNA 335; MICRORNA 376A; MICRORNA 382; MICRORNA 409 3P; MICRORNA 455 3P; MICRORNA 484; MICRORNA 574 3P; MICRORNA 92A; MICRORNA 99B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL POPULATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMUR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; TIBIA;

EID: 84883621585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075012     Document Type: Article

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