MicroRNAs in kidney development: Lessons from the frog

RNA Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Wessely, Oliver ^a   Agrawal, Raman ^a   Tran, Uyen ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dgcr8; Dicer; EMT; Kidney; Lhx1; MET; MicroRNA; Pronephros

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011941618     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.3.11692     Document Type: Review

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