RNA Interference and microRNAs in Zebra Fish

Regulation of Gene Expression by Small RNAs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 149-172

  Flynt, Alex S ^a   Thatcher, Elizabeth J ^a   Patton, James G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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