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Targeting microRNAs in obesity

Huangming Xie Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA +1 617 258 5216; +1 617 258 6768; [email protected]; National University of Singapore, Computation and Systems Biology, Singapore-MIT Alliance, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576, Singapore
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Lei Sun Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA +1 617 258 5216; +1 617 258 6768; [email protected]
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Harvey F Lodish Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA +1 617 258 5216; +1 617 258 6768; [email protected]; National University of Singapore, Computation and Systems Biology, Singapore-MIT Alliance, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576, Singapore; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Departments of Biology and Biological Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Pages 1227-1238 | Published online: 04 Aug 2009

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