MicroRNA sponges: competitive inhibitors of small RNAs in mammalian cells.

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Published in Nat Methods on August 12, 2007

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Margaret S Ebert1, Joel R Neilson, Phillip A Sharp

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1: Center for Cancer Research, E17-529B Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

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