MiMB 650 - RNAi and MicroRNA-Mediated Gene Regulation in Stem Cells.pdf

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RNAi and MicroRNA-Mediated Gene
Regulation in Stem Cells
Methods, Protocols, and Applications
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Baohong Zhang and Edmund J. Stellwag
Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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Preface
At present, research in the areas of stem-cell biology, RNA interference (RNAi), and
microRNAs (miRNAs)