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MicroRNA expression during early zebrafish development

ABSTRACT: Values from samples in this series should be normalised prior to any comparison. Control probes used for normalisation are pre-3, pre-4 and pre-5. Keywords = miRNA Keywords = microRNA Keywords = zebrafish Keywords = Danio rerio Keywords = development Keywords: ordered

ORGANISM(S): Danio rerio

SUBMITTER: Wigard Kloosterman

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2625 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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MicroRNA expression in zebrafish embryonic development.

Wienholds Erno E Kloosterman Wigard P WP Miska Eric E Alvarez-Saavedra Ezequiel E Berezikov Eugene E de Bruijn Ewart E Horvitz H Robert HR Kauppinen Sakari S Plasterk Ronald H A RH

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20050526 5732

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs, about 21 nucleotides in length, that can regulate gene expression by base-pairing to partially complementary mRNAs. Regulation by miRNAs can play essential roles in embryonic development. We determined the temporal and spatial expression patterns of 115 conserved vertebrate miRNAs in zebrafish embryos by microarrays and by in situ hybridizations, using locked-nucleic acid-modified oligonucleotide probes. Most miRNAs were expressed in a highly tissue-s ...[more]

PMID: 15919954

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MicroRNA expression during early zebrafish development

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MicroRNA expression in zebrafish embryonic development.

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