MicroRNA Pathways in Flies and Worms Growth, Death, Fat, Stress, and Timing
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Drosophila geneticists have uncovered roles for microRNAs in the coordination of cell proliferation and cell death during development, and in stress resistance and fat metabolism. In C. elegans, a homolog of the well-known fly developmental regulator hunchback acts downstream of the microRNAs lin-4 and let-7 in a pathway controlling developmental timing.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 114 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003