Introduction to microRNAs in biological systems

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1107, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Erson Bensan, Ayse Elif ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Genome; MicroRNA; RNAi

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BINDING SITES; MICRORNAS; POLY A;

EID: 84934444114     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-748-8_1     Document Type: Article

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