Deep Sequencing of Organ- and Stage-Specific microRNAs in the Evolutionarily Basal Insect Blattella germanica (L.) (Dictyoptera, Blattellidae)

[Background] microRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported as key regulators at post-transcriptional level in eukaryotic cells. In insects, most of the studies have focused in holometabolans while only recently two hemimetabolans (Locusta migratoria and Acyrthosiphon pisum) have had their miRNAs identified. Therefore, the study of the miRNAs of the evolutionarily basal hemimetabolan Blattella germanica may provide valuable insights on the structural and functional evolution of miRNAs.

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Main Authors: Cristino, Alexandre S., Tanaka, Erica D., Rubio Martínez, Mercedes, Piulachs, Maria-Dolors, Bellés, Xavier
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011-04-28
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/42534
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