Direct sequencing and expression analysis of a large number of miRNAs in Aedes aegypti and a multi-species survey of novel mosquito miRNAs

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Song ^a   Mead, Edward A ^a   Liang, Shaohui ^a,b   Tu, Zhijian ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 73449112961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-581     Document Type: Article

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