Gain and Loss of Small RNA Classes-Characterization of Small RNAs in the Parasitic Nematode Family Strongyloididae.

ABSTRACT: The nematode family Strongyloididae is of particular interest because it contains important parasites of medical and veterinary relevance. In addition, species of this family can form parasitic and free-living generations and it also occupies an interesting phylogenetic position within the nematodes. Nematodes differ in several ways from other taxa with respect to their small noncoding RNAs. Recent comparative studies revealed that there is also considerable variability within the nematodes. However, no Strongyloididae species or close relative was included in these studies. We characterized the small RNAs of two developmental stages of three different Strongyloididae species and compared them with the well-studied free-living nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Pristionchus pacificus. St

SUBMITTER: Holz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737618 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature