MicroRNA and piRNA profiles in normal human testis detected by next generation sequencing.

BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are the class of small endogenous RNAs that play an important regulatory role in cells by negatively affecting gene expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. There have been extensive studies aiming to discover miRNAs and to analyze their functions...

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Main Authors: Qingling Yang, Juan Hua, Liu Wang, Bo Xu, Huan Zhang, Nan Ye, Zhiqiang Zhang, Dexin Yu, Howard J Cooke, Yuanwei Zhang, Qinghua Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3691314?pdf=render