Genome-wide identification of novel microRNAs and their target genes in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Genomics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-111

  de Souza Gomes, Matheus ^a,b   Muniyappa, Mohan Kumar ^a   Carvalho, Sávio Gonçalves ^b   Guerra Sá, Renata ^b   Spillane, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; MicroRNA; MiRNA target; Parasite; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 2; MICRORNA 71; RNA PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME, HELMINTH; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, HELMINTH; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 79960699368     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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