MicroRNAs in metamorphic and non-metamorphic transitions in hemimetabolan insect metamorphosis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rubio, Mercedes ^a   de Horna, Anibal ^a   Belles, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella; Cockroach; Drosophila; Ecdysone; Juvenile hormone; Metamorphosis; MicroRNAs

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; JUVENILE HORMONE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 100 5P; MICRORNA 125 5P; MICRORNA 252 3P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAMORPHIC NYMPHAL INSTAR; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; PRE METAMORPHIC NYMPHAL INSTAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; COCKROACHES; DROSOPHILA; INSECTS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICRORNAS;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864804383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-386     Document Type: Article

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