[Progress of research on microRNAs of parasites]

Autor: Qing-Xin, Zhou, Yong-Hua, Zhou, Ying, Zhang, Zhong-Xi, Zhao, Hong-Jie, Fan, Huo-Chun, Yao
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control. 25(2)
ISSN: 1005-6661
Popis: microRNAs (miRNAs) are small molecules of non-coding RNA, a class size of about 21-25 nt widespread in eukaryotes, resulting from single-stranded RNA precursors with the size of 70-90 bases of a hairpin structure generated after dicer enzyme processing. They play an important role in eukaryotic gene regulation, widely involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, development, metabolism, apoptosis and other physiological activities. miRNA extensively involved in the physiological and metabolic processes of the parasite development process, but the key miRNA relevant to parasite invasion of a host still lacks reports. This paper summarizes the miRNA analytical methods and the progress on its researches in parasitology.
Databáze: OpenAIRE