Contamination or artifacts may explain reports of plant miRNAs in humans

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1685-

  Witwer, Kenneth W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 163; MICRORNA 163A; MICRORNA 528; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTIFACT; CONTAMINATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOCOT; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATERMELON; BLOOD; GENETICS; PLANT;

HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84951264350     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.09.004     Document Type: Letter

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