Identification and developmental profiling of conserved and novel microRNAs in Manduca sexta

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 381-395

  Zhang, Xiufeng ^a   Zheng, Yun ^b,c   Jagadeeswaran, Guru ^a   Ren, Ren ^b,c   Sunkar, Ramanjulu ^a   Jiang, Haobo ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Illumina sequencing; Lepidopteran insect; Metamorphosis; Posttranscriptional regulation; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENOME; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; LARVA; MALE; MANDUCA; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PUPA; RNA, ANTISENSE;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 84862829539     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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