Extracellular microRNAs from the epididymis as potential mediators of cell-to-cell communication

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 730-736

  Belleannée, Clémence ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 888; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCRINE SECRETION; EXOSOME; GENE CONTROL; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84940744693     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1008-682X.155532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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