Global characterization and target identification of piRNAs and endo-siRNAs in mouse gametes and zygotes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1839, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 463-475

  García López, Jesús ^a   Hourcade, Juan de Dios ^a   Alonso, Lola ^a   Cárdenas, David B ^a   Del Mazo, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deep sequencing; Endo siRNA; Germ cell; PiRNAs; Transposable element; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ENDO SIRNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GAMETE; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; ZYGOTE;

DEEP SEQUENCING; ENDO-SIRNA; GERM CELL; PIRNAS; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; OOCYTES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, TRANSFER; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84900508556     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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