Conserved microRNAs miR-8-5p and miR-2a-3p modulate chitin biosynthesis in response to 20-hydroxyecdysone signaling in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 839-848

  Chen, Jie ^a   Liang, Zhikun ^a   Liang, Yongkang ^a   Pang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Wenqing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

20E; Broad Complex (BR C); Chitin biosynthesis pathway; MiR 2a 3p; MiR 8 5p

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MUTASE; PHOSPHOACETYLGLUCOSAMINE MUTASE; TREHALASE;

20E; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BROAD-COMPLEX (BR-C); CHEMISTRY; CHITIN BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; METABOLISM; MIR-2A-3P; MIR-8-5P; MOLTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

20E; BROAD-COMPLEX (BR-C); CHITIN BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAY; MIR-2A-3P; MIR-8-5P;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMIPTERA; INSECT PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MOLTING; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHOMUTASES); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREHALASE;

EID: 84880412356     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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