Drosha, Dicer-1 and Argonaute-1 in the desert locust: Phylogenetic analyses, transcript profiling and regulation during phase transition and feeding

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-29

  Wynant, Niels ^a   Santos, Dulce ^a   Subramanyam, Sudheendra Hebbar ^a   Verlinden, Heleen ^a   Vanden Broeck, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Dicer; Drosha; DsRNA; Gregarisation; Insect; Micro RNA; Orthoptera; Phenotypic plasticity; PiRNA; Piwi; RNA interference (RNAi); Schistocerca gregaria; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; INSECT; MACHINERY; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ANIMAL; CAELIFERA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE III;

EID: 84924721632     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.02.010     Document Type: Article

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