The identification and characteristics of immune-related microRNAs in haemocytes of oyster Crassostrea gigas.

BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) represent a class of small ncRNAs that repress gene expression on the post-transcriptional level by the degradation or translation inhibition of target mRNA. METHODOLOGY: Three small RNA libraries from oyster haemocytes were sequenced on the Illumina platform to invest...

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Main Authors: Zhi Zhou, Lingling Wang, Linsheng Song, Rui Liu, Huan Zhang, Mengmeng Huang, Hao Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3916443?pdf=render