Three Drosophila Hox complex microRNAs do not have major effects on expression of evolutionarily conserved hox gene targets during embryogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lemons, Derek ^a   Paré, Adam ^a   McGinnis, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABD B PROTEIN; ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 10 3P; MICRORNA 10 5P; MICRORNA IAB 4 5P; SCR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MIRN10 MICRORNA, DROSOPHILA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ABD B GENE; ANTP GENE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOX GENE; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SCR GENE; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857667103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031365     Document Type: Article

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