Computational biology of small regulatory RNAs

Bioinformatics: A Swiss Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 115-146

  Zavolan, Mihaela ^a,b   Jaskiewicz, Lukasz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; REGULATORY RNAS;

EID: 84970949861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812838780_0005     Document Type: Chapter

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