The role of microRNAs in equine medicine: a review

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 88-96

  van der Kolk, J H ^a   Pacholewska, A ^a   Gerber, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

equine; horse; microRNAs; miRNAs; miRs; review

Indexed keywords

ETHYLCHOLINE F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MICRORNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PET-CT SCANNER; PLEURA EFFUSION; SARCOIDOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84929025769     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2015.1021186     Document Type: Article

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