A systematic analysis of the skeletal muscle miRNA transcriptome of chicken varieties with divergent skeletal muscle growth identifies novel miRNAs and differentially expressed miRNAs

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Functional studies have demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) play critical roles in a wide spectrum of biological processes including development and disease pathogenesis. To investigate the functional roles that miRNAs play...

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Main Authors: Zhang Yong, Wu Rimao, Li Tingting, Zhu Dahai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/186