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Title: | Preliminary analysis of miRNA pathway in Schistosoma mansoni. |
Authors: | Gomes, Matheus de Souza Cabral, Fernanda Janku Passos, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Carvalho, Omar Rodrigues, Vanderlei Babá, Élio Hideo Cota, Renata Guerra de Sá |
Keywords: | Schistosoma mansoni Gene expression Post-transcriptional gene silencing |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Citation: | GOMES, M. de S. et al. Preliminary analysis of miRNA pathway in Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology International, v. 58, p. 61-68, 2009. Disponível em: <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383576908001165>. Acesso em: 08 nov. 2014. |
Abstract: | RNA silencing refers to a series of nuclear and cytoplasmatic processes involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression or post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS), either by sequence-specific mRNA degradation or by translational arrest. The best characterized small RNAs are microRNAs (miRNAs), which predominantly perform gene silencing through post-transcriptional mechanisms. In this work we used bioinformatic approaches to identify the parasitic trematode Schistosoma mansoni sequences that are similar to enzymes involved in the post-transcriptional gene silencing mediated by miRNA pathway.We used amino acid sequences of well-known proteins involved in the miRNA pathway against S. mansoni genome and transcriptome databases identifying a total of 13 putative proteins in the parasite. In addition, the transcript levels of SmDicer1 and SmAgo2/3/4 were identified by qRT-PCR using cercariae, adult worms, eggs and in vitro cultivated schistosomula. Our results showed that the SmDicer1 and SmAgo2/3/4 are differentially expressed during schistosomula development, suggesting that the miRNA pathway is regulated at the transcript level and therefore may control gene expression during the life cycle of S. mansoni. |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/4552 |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2008.10.002 |
ISSN: | 1383-5769 |
metadata.dc.rights.license: | O periódico Parasitology International concede permissão para depósito deste artigo no Repositório Institucional da UFOP. Número da licença: 3547120424363. |
Appears in Collections: | DECBI - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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