Not just a sponge: new functions of circular RNAs discovered

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-408

  Wang, ZeFeng ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84930247766     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-015-4826-3     Document Type: Article

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