MicroRNA in teleost fish

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1911-1937

  Bizuayehu, Teshome Tilahun ^a   Babiak, Igor ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Microrna; Organogenesis; Posttranscriptional regulation; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; ORGANOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84925440622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu151     Document Type: Review

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