Identification of microRNAs from different tissues of chicken embryo and adult chicken

Hongtao Xu; Xiaobo Wang; Zhenglin Du; Ning Li

doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.05.044

Identification of microRNAs from different tissues of chicken embryo and adult chicken

FEBS Lett. 2006 Jun 26;580(15):3610-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.05.044. Epub 2006 May 26.

Authors

Hongtao Xu¹, Xiaobo Wang, Zhenglin Du, Ning Li

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, PR China.

PMID: 16750530
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.05.044

Abstract

We report for the first time the identification of 25 microRNAs from tissues originating from chicken embryo and adult chicken. Most of the cloned microRNAs are expressed in both adult chickens and chicken embryos. Fourteen were identified without any prior prediction. One microRNA, miR-757, is thought to be chicken-specific. Three of the microRNAs appear to be extremely tissue specific.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Base Sequence
Chick Embryo / metabolism*
Chickens / genetics*
Chickens / metabolism*
Cloning, Molecular
Gene Expression
MicroRNAs / analysis*
MicroRNAs / chemistry
MicroRNAs / genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Multigene Family / genetics
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Organ Specificity
Species Specificity

Substances

MicroRNAs