Subtle roles of microRNAs let-7, miR-100 and miR-125 on wing morphogenesis in hemimetabolan metamorphosis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1089-1094

  Rubio, Mercedes ^a   Belles, Xavier ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blattella; Insect metamorphosis; Let 7; MiR 100; MiR 125; Wing morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; GENE EXPRESSION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; RNA;

ECDYSTERONE; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLATTELLA; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT METAMORPHOSIS; LET-7; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MIR-100; MIR-125; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WING MORPHOGENESIS;

BLATTELLA; INSECT METAMORPHOSIS; LET-7; MIR-100; MIR-125; WING MORPHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECDYSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICRORNAS; MORPHOGENESIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WING;

EID: 84885138870     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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