MicroRNAs of parasites: Current status and future perspectives

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-507

  Liu, Quan ^a   Tuo, Wenbin ^b   Gao, Hongwei ^a   Zhu, Xing Quan ^c  

^a Institute of Military Veterinary   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTHROPOD; BIOGENESIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; EUKARYOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTHS; MICRORNAS; PARASITES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

ARTHROPODA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 77955466503     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1927-6     Document Type: Review

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