Conservation of a microRNA cluster in parasitic nematodes and profiling of miRNAs in excretory-secretory products and microvesicles of Haemonchus contortus.

• Main Authors: Henry Y Gu (Author), Neil D Marks (Author), Alan D Winter (Author), William Weir (Author), Thomas Tzelos (Author), Tom N McNeilly (Author), Collette Britton (Author), Eileen Devaney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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microRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that are important regulators of gene expression in a range of animals, including nematodes. We have analysed a cluster of four miRNAs from the pathogenic nematode species Haemonchus contortus that are closely linked in the genome. We find that the cluster is cons...