MicroRNA-Based RNA Polymerase II Expression Vectors for RNA Interference in Mammalian Cells

Regulation of Gene Expression by Small RNAs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 301-315

  Vojtek, Anne B ^a   Chung, Kwan Ho ^a   Patel, Paresh D ^a   Turner, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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