Biological principles of microRNA-mediated regulation: shared themes amid diversity.

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Published in Nat Rev Genet on November 01, 2008

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Alex S Flynt1, Eric C Lai

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1: Sloan-Kettering Institute, Department of Developmental Biology, 521 Rockefeller Research Labs, 1275 York Avenue, Box 252, New York, New York 10065, USA.

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The Utility of Circulating Tumour Cells and Plasma microRNA in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma | NCT02812680

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