microRNAs and the mammary gland: A new understanding of gene expression

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-474

  Gigli, Isabel ^a   Maizon, Daniel Omar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lactation; Mastitis; Milk; miRNA

Indexed keywords

LACTOGLOBULIN; MICRORNA;

BIOGENESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLOSTRUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 84890335865     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572013005000040     Document Type: Review

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