Living organisms author their read-write genomes in evolution

JA Shapiro - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
Evolutionary variations generating phenotypic adaptations and novel taxa resulted from
complex cellular activities altering genome content and expression:(i) Symbiogenetic cell …

Insect gallers and their plant hosts: from omics data to systems biology

CN Oates, KJ Denby, AA Myburg, B Slippers… - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Gall-inducing insects are capable of exerting a high level of control over their hosts' cellular
machinery to the extent that the plant's development, metabolism, chemistry, and physiology …

High-throughput deep sequencing reveals the important role that microRNAs play in the salt response in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

Z Yang, P Zhu, H Kang, L Liu, Q Cao, J Sun, T Dong… - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small regulatory RNAs, have been proven to
play important roles in plant growth, development and stress responses. Sweet potato …

Microarray screening and qRT‐PCR evaluation of microRNA markers for forensic body fluid identification

JL Park, SM Park, OH Kwon, H Lee, J Kim… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a class of small (∼ 22 nucleotides) noncoding RNAs that regulate
diverse biological processes at the post‐transcriptional level. MiRNAs have great potential …

Changes in microRNA abundance may regulate diapause in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata

JA Reynolds, JT Peyton, DL Denlinger - Insect biochemistry and molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Diapause, an alternative developmental pathway characterized by changes in
developmental timing and metabolism, is coordinated by molecular mechanisms that are not …

Insect and plant-derived miRNAs in greenbug (Schizaphis graminum) and yellow sugarcane aphid (Sipha flava) revealed by deep sequencing

H Wang, C Zhang, Y Dou, B Yu, Y Liu, TM Heng-Moss… - Gene, 2017 - Elsevier
Schizaphis graminum (green bug; GB) and Sipha flava (yellow sugarcane aphid; YSA) are
two cereal aphid species with broad host ranges capable of establishing on sorghum …

InvasionDB: A genome and gene database of invasive alien species

C Huang, L Kun, WQ Qian, SP Wang, XM Cao… - Journal of Integrative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species (IAS) are species whose introduction to areas outside of their native
range cause harm to economics, biodiversity, and the environment. Understanding the …

Identification and profiling of miRNAs in overwintering Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus via next-generation sequencing

S Yang, J Zhang, S Wang, X Zhang, Y Liu, J Xi - Cryobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of various biological processes in organisms.
Insects subjected to abiotic stress can regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally …

Artificial RNA motifs expand the programmable assembly between RNA modules of a bimolecular ribozyme leading to application to RNA nanostructure design

MM Rahman, S Matsumura, Y Ikawa - Biology, 2017 - mdpi.com
A bimolecular ribozyme consisting of a core ribozyme (ΔP5 RNA) and an activator module
(P5abc RNA) has been used as a platform to design assembled RNA nanostructures. The …

Analyses of microRNAs and transcriptomes in the midgut of Spodoptera litura feeding on Brassica juncea

XP Zou, YG Lin, YJ Cen, K Ma, BB Qiu, QL Feng… - Insect …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Spodoptera litura is a destructive agricultural pest in tropical and subtropical areas.
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of S. litura adaptation to its preferred host plants …