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The role of microRNAs in regulating blood digestion and egg development
Egg development: genes, proteins and receptors
The reproductive role of the insect-specific juvenile hormone in female mosquitoes
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The role of microRNAs in regulating blood digestion and egg development
Lucas KJ, Zhao B, Roy S, Gervaise AL, Raikhel AS. Mosquito-specific microRNA-1890 targets the juvenile hormone-regulated serine protease JHA15 in the female mosquito gut. RNA Biology. Oct 21; [Epub ahead of Print
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Lucas KJ, Zhao B, Liu S, Raikhel AS. Regulation of physiological processes by microRNAs in insects. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2015 Oct 1;11:1-7.
Lucas, K.J., Roy, S., Ha, J. Gervaise, A., Kokoza, V.A. and Raikhel, A.S. 2015. MicroRNA-8 targets the Wingless signaling pathway in the female mosquito fat body to regulate reproductive processes.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jan 20. pii: 201424408. [Epub ahead of print]
Liu, S., Lucas, K.J., Roy, S., Ha J., Raikhel, A.S. 2014. Mosquito-specific microRNA-1174 targets serine hydroxymethyltransferase to control key functions in the gut. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. pii: 201416278. Oct 7;111(40):14460-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1416278111
Lucas, K.J., Myles K.M. and Raikhel, A.S. 2013. Small RNAs: a new frontier in mosquito biology. Trends Parasitol. 29: 295-303
Lucas, K. and Raikhel, A.S. 2013. Insect miRNAs: biogenesis, expression profiling and biological functions. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 43: 24-38
Bryant, B., Mcdonald, W., and Raikhel, A.S. 2010. miR-275 is indispensable for blood digestion and egg development in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (inaugural article) 107, 22391-22398, PMID: 21115818
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