Small RNAs: a new frontier in mosquito biology. Academic Article

abstract

• The discovery of small non-coding RNAs has revolutionized our understanding of regulatory networks governing multiple functions in animals and plants. However, our knowledge of mosquito small RNAs is limited. We discuss here the state of current knowledge regarding the roles of small RNAs and their targets in mosquitoes, and describe the ongoing efforts to understand the role of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway in mosquito antiviral immunity and transposon silencing. Providing a clear picture into the role of small RNAs in mosquito vectors will pave the way to the utilization of these small molecules in developing novel control approaches that target mosquito immunity and/or reproductive events. Elucidation of the functions of small RNAs represents a new frontier in mosquito biology.

authors

• Myles, Kevin

published proceedings

• Trends Parasitol

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Lucas, K. J., Myles, K. M., & Raikhel, A. S.

citation count

• 42

complete list of authors

• Lucas, Keira J||Myles, Kevin M||Raikhel, Alexander S

publication date

• January 2013

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• n1471-4922ISSN  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Culicidae
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Rna, Small Untranslated

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.pt.2013.04.003

start page

• 295

end page

• 303

volume

• 29

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2013.04.003

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being