Small RNAs: A new frontier in mosquito biology

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 295-303

  Lucas, Keira J ^a   Myles, Kevin M ^b   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood digestion; Immunity; MicroRNA; Piwi interacting RNA; Reproduction; Short interfering RNA; Virus

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; DIGESTION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878201101     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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