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- Title
Cloning, characterization, and expression of microRNAs from the Asian malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi.
- Authors
Mead, Edward Andrew; Tu, Zhijian
- Abstract
microRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that are now recognized as a major class of gene-regulating molecules widely distributed in metozoans and plants. miRNAs have been found to play important roles in apoptosis, cancer, development, differentiation, inflammation, longevity, and viral infection. There are a few reports describing miRNAs in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, on the basis of similarity to known miRNAs from other species. An. stephensi is the most important malaria vector in Asia and it is becoming a model Anopheline species for physiological and genetics studies.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2008, Vol 9, p244
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-9-244