The microRNA miR-8 is a positive regulator of pigmentation and eclosion in Drosophila

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Kennell, Jennifer A ^a   Cadigan, Ken M ^b   Shakhmantsir, Iryna ^a   Waldron, Evan J ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclosion; MicroRNA; miRNA; Patterning; Phenotypic plasticity; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECLOSION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; MICRORNAS; PIGMENTATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 83655193463     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23705     Document Type: Article

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