Expression, covariation, and genetic regulation of miRNA biogenesis genes in brain supports their role in addiction, psychiatric disorders, and disease

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Mulligan, Megan K ^a   DuBose, Candice ^a   Yue, Junming ^a   Miles, Michael F ^b   Lu, Lu ^a,c   Hamre, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Addiction; Bxd; Dgcr8; Dicer1; Disease; Drosha; Mirna biogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884147697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00126     Document Type: Article

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