MicroRNA-8 targets the wingless signaling pathway in the female mosquito fat body to regulate reproductive processes

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

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1440-1445

  Lucas, Keira J ^a,b   Roy, Sourav ^a,c   Ha, Jisu ^a,b   Gervaise, Amanda L ^a   Kokoza, Vladimir A ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a,c  

^a Department of Entomology ^*  (United States)

^b Graduate Program in Genetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

MicroRNA; Mosquito; Reproduction; Small RNA; Wingless signaling

Indexed keywords

ANTAGOMIR; LIPOPHORIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MICRORNAS; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84922311451     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424408112     Document Type: Article

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