microRNAs in a multicellular green alga Volvox carteri

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-45

  Li, JingRui ^a,b   Wu, Yang ^a,b   Qi, YiJun ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

conservation; evolution; microRNA; small RNA; Volvox

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOLVOX;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOLVOX;

EID: 84891903051     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-013-4580-3     Document Type: Article

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