Progress on Regulatory Role of miRNA in Complete Metamorphosis Insects Development
CHAI Lianqin
WANG Le
MIAO Yingchun
Abstract：There are still many issues to be studied about the development of insects,especially complete metamorphosis insects,which is a complex network of regulatory processes. miRNA is present in eukaryotic cells and is a class of natural small regulatory RNA. Its size is 19—25 nucleotides. miRNAs play an important role in post-transcriptional gene regulation,and they can control hundreds of gene targets and regulate diverse biological processes. Here, we review recent developments of the roles of miRNAs in embryogenesis, tissue differentiation and metamorphosis of complete metamorphosis insects, such as drosophila,silkworm,aedes and anopheles,etc,in order to lay the foundation for profoundly reveal the metamorphosis developmental mechanism of insects and discover new molecular targets for prevention and control of insect pests.
Keywords：miRNAinsectmetamorphosisdevelopmentregulatory role
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 13-16,37 )