CED-3 caspase acts with miRNAs to regulate non-apoptotic gene expression dynamics for robust development in C. elegans.

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Published in Elife on December 30, 2014

Authors

Benjamin P Weaver1, Rebecca Zabinsky1, Yi M Weaver2, Eui Seung Lee1, Ding Xue1, Min Han2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.
2: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.

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