Piwi–interacting RNAs (piRNAs)

MicroRNAs: From Basic Science to Disease Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 497-511

  Beyret, Ergin ^a   Lin, Haifan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84928626004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541766.040     Document Type: Chapter

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