MicroRNA target identification-Experimental approaches

Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-205

  Martinez Sanchez, Aida ^a   Murphy, Chris L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene expression; HITS CLIP; HT Seq; miRISC; miRNA; miRNA target identification; RIP Seq

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885680575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20797737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biology2010189     Document Type: Review

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