title: Identification of microRNAs from different tissues of chicken embryo and adult chicken.
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.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, PR China.
authors.forename: Hongtao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhenglin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009928:Organ Specificity; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs