Roles of RNAi and Other Micro-RNAs in the Regulation of Epigenetic Processes

Nutrition in Epigenetics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-86

  Fabbri, Muller ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem (ES) cells; MiRNA Biogenesis and Physiology; MiRNAs and epigenetic regulation; RNA interference (RNAi); SiRNA Biogenesis and Physiology; Tumor suppressor genes (TSG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884155006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470959824.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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