A novel member of the let-7 microRNA family is associated with developmental transitions in filarial nematode parasites

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Winter, Alan D ^a   Gillan, Victoria ^a   Maitland, Kirsty ^a   Emes, Richard D ^b,c   Roberts, Brett ^a   McCormack, Gillian ^a   Weir, William ^a   Protasio, Anna V ^d   Holroyd, Nancy ^d   Berriman, Matthew ^d   Britton, Collette ^a   Devaney, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brugia; Lymphatic filariasis; microRNAs; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 5364; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENOMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARTHROPODA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84929163827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1536-y     Document Type: Article

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