Significance of microRNA targeted estrogen receptor in male fertility

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 81-86

  Abhari, Alireza ^a,b   Zarghami, Nosratollah ^a   Shahnazi, Vahideh ^b   Barzegar, Abolfazl ^c   Farzadi, Laya ^b   Karami, Hadi ^a   Vahed, Sepideh Zununi ^a   Nouri, Mohammad ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fertility; Has let 7b; Has mir 100; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894271780     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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