Mosquito-specific microRNA-1174 targets serine hydroxymethyltransferase to control key functions in the gut

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14460-14465

  Liu, Shiping ^a,b   Lucas, Keira J ^a   Roy, Sourav ^a   Ha, Jisu ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antagomir; Insect disease vector

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; INSECT PROTEIN; MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BLOOD; CELL LINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BLOOD; CELL LINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84907787949     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416278111     Document Type: Article

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