Substantial loss of conserved and gain of novel MicroRNA families in flatworms

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2619-2628

  Fromm, Bastian ^a   Worren, Merete Molton ^a   Hahn, Christoph ^a   Hovig, Eivind ^a,b   Bachmann, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

evolution; flatworms; microRNAs

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLATYHELMINTH; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREMATODE; TURBELLARIA;

EVOLUTION; FLATWORMS; MICRORNAS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; MICRORNAS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84890412187     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst155     Document Type: Article

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