MicroRNAs of two medically important mosquito species: Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 240-252

  Hu, W ^a   Criscione, F ^b   Liang, S ^c   Tu, Z ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

early; embryo; evolution; miRNA; mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI;

MICRORNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MICRORNAS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84924860368     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12152     Document Type: Article

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