Identification and Characterization of piRNA-Like Small RNAs in the Gonad of Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus nudus)

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-467

  Wei, Zhenlin ^a,b   Liu, Xiaolin ^a   Zhang, Huilin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microarray; piRNA like RNAs; Solexa sequencing; Strongylocentrotus nudus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENOMES; GERMLINE STEM CELLS; SEA URCHIN; SMALL REGION; SMALL RNA; SOLEXA SEQUENCING; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS NUDUS;

GENES; MICROARRAYS; RNA; SHELLFISH; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALS;

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARRAY; BIOASSAY; ECHINODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEA URCHINS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS NUDUS;

EID: 84862487964     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-011-9426-z     Document Type: Article

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