Ancient endo-siRNA pathways reveal new tricks

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2014, Pages

  Claycomb, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 84905593866     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.009     Document Type: Review

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