Sex-Biased Expression of MicroRNAs in Schistosoma mansoni

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Marco, Antonio ^a,b   Kozomara, Ana ^a   Hui, Jerome H L ^a   Emery, Aidan M ^c   Rollinson, David ^c   Griffiths Jones, Sam ^a   Ronshaugen, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1B; MICRORNA 281; MICRORNA 2C; MICRORNA 2D; MICRORNA 2F; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 36B; MICRORNA 61; MICRORNA 71B; MICRORNA 755; MICRORNA 8437; MICRORNA 8447; MICRORNA BANTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MALE; MICRORNAS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84884678416     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002402     Document Type: Article

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