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Additional file 3 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Additional file 7 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Additional file 8 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Additional file 3 of Circular RNA hsa_circ_0000326 acts as a miR-338-3p sponge to facilitate lung adenocarcinoma progression

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Additional file 5 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Circular RNAs in Blood and Its Clinical Relevance

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Additional file 14 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Additional file 1 of Circular RNA hsa_circ_0000326 acts as a miR-338-3p sponge to facilitate lung adenocarcinoma progression

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Additional file 10 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Additional file 1 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Additional file 4 of Circular RNA hsa_circ_0000326 acts as a miR-338-3p sponge to facilitate lung adenocarcinoma progression

Xu, Y., Yu, J., Huang, Z., Fu, B., Tao, Y., Qi, X., Mou, Y., Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Cao, Y., et al. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12085317

Additional file 2 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

Huang, X., Zhang, J., Liu, Z., Wang, M., Fan, X., Wang, L., Zhou, H., Jiang, Y., Cui, W., Qiao, X., et al. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13115097

Additional file 5 of Circular RNA hsa_circ_0000326 acts as a miR-338-3p sponge to facilitate lung adenocarcinoma progression

Xu, Y., Yu, J., Huang, Z., Fu, B., Tao, Y., Qi, X., Mou, Y., Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Cao, Y., et al. (2020) · Figshare · doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12085323

Additional file 2 of Circular RNA hsa_circ_0000326 acts as a miR-338-3p sponge to facilitate lung adenocarcinoma progression

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Additional file 12 of Genome-wide analysis of differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in chicken bursae of Fabricius during infection with very virulent infectious bursal disease virus

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Plasma circRNA HIPK2 as a putative biomarker for the diagnosis and prediction of therapeutic effects in major depressive disorder

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Diagnostic Biomarker Hsa_circ_0126218 and Functioning Prediction in Peripheral Blood Monocular Cells of Female Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

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Potential clinical value of circular RNAs as peripheral biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of major depressive disorder

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