Species-specific microRNA regulation influences phenotypic variability: Perspectives on species-specific microRNA regulation Prospects & Overviews E. Mor and N. Shomron

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 881-888

  Mor, Eyal ^a   Shomron, Noam ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conservation; Evolution; MicroRNA; MiRNA, species specific

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

CONSERVATION; EVOLUTION; MICRORNA; MIRNA, SPECIES-SPECIFIC;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884728193     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200157     Document Type: Article

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