A Novel Class of TRNA-derived Small RNAs Extremely Enriched in Mature Mouse Sperm

Overview

Journal Cell Res

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2012 Oct 10

PMID 23044802

Citations 178

Authors

Hongying Peng

Junchao Shi

Ying Zhang

He Zhang

Shangying Liao

Wei Li

Li Lei

Chunsheng Han

Lina Ning

Yujing Cao

Qi Zhou

Qi Chen

Enkui Duan

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