Roles of MicroRNAs in the Caenorhabditis elegans nervous system

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 445-452

  Meng, Lingfeng ^a   Chen, Liang ^b   Li, Zhaoyong ^b   Wu, Zheng Xing ^a   Shan, Ge ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Differentiation; Function; MicroRNA; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; STRESS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

C. ELEGANS; DIFFERENTIATION; FUNCTION; MICRORNA; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LONGEVITY; MICRORNAS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RNA, HELMINTH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884350100     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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