Cloning, characterization and expression analysis of porcine microRNAs

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small ~22-nt regulatory RNAs that can silence target genes, by blocking their protein production or degrading the mRNAs. Pig is an important animal in the agriculture industry because of its utility in the meat...

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Main Authors: Desilva Udaya, Roe Bruce A, Graham Wiley B, Macmil Simone L, Jagadeeswaran Guru, Zheng Yun, Reddy Alavala, Zhang Weixiong, Sunkar Ramanjulu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/65