microRNAs and the evolution of complex multicellularity: identification of a large, diverse complement of microRNAs in the brown alga Ectocarpus

• Published in: Nucleic acids research Vol. 43; no. 13; pp. 6384 - 6398
• Main Authors: Tarver, James E, Cormier, Alexandre, Pinzón, Natalia, Taylor, Richard S, Carré, Wilfrid, Strittmatter, Martina, Seitz, Hervé, Coelho, Susana M, Cock, J Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 27.07.2015
• Subjects: Ectocarpus; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Loci; Genetic Variation; Genome; Genomics; Life Sciences; Microbiology and Parasitology; MicroRNAs - chemistry; MicroRNAs - classification; MicroRNAs - genetics; MicroRNAs - metabolism; Phaeophyceae - genetics; Phaeophyceae - metabolism; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sequence Analysis, RNA; Stramenopiles

There is currently convincing evidence that microRNAs have evolved independently in at least six different eukaryotic lineages: animals, land plants, chlorophyte green algae, demosponges, slime molds and brown algae. MicroRNAs from different lineages are not homologous but some structural features a...