Identification and characterization of argonaute protein, Ago2 and its associated small RNAs in Schistosoma japonicum.

• Main Authors: Pengfei Cai (Author), Xianyu Piao (Author), Nan Hou (Author), Shuai Liu (Author), Heng Wang (Author), Qijun Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The complex life cycle of the genus Schistosoma drives the parasites to employ subtle developmentally dependent gene regulatory machineries. Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) are essential gene regulatory factors that, through their impact on mRNA and genome stability, control stage-specif...