Discovery and Characterization of piRNAs in the Human Fetal Ovary

Cell Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 854-863

  Williams, Zev ^a,b   Morozov, Pavel ^b   Mihailovic, Aleksandra ^b   Lin, Carolina ^b   Puvvula, Pavan Kumar ^b   Juranek, Stefan ^b   Rosenwaks, Zev ^c   Tuschl, Thomas ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEIOSIS; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TESTIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; OVARY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TESTIS;

EID: 84945573267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.09.030     Document Type: Article

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