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miR-71 and miR-263 control molting of locusts.
Pictured is a migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), which is in the molting process. Chitin synthase and chitinase play crucial roles in chitin biosynthesis and degradation during insect molting. Yang et al. describe a mechanism by which two miRNAs regulate chitin metabolism related to the molting process in locusts. Molting process is controlled precisely by a balancing modulation cooperation of miR-71 and miR-263 in chitin biosynthesis and degradation. See Yang et al.
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Image Credit: Le Kang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Citation: (2016) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 12(8) August 2016. PLoS Genet 12(8): ev12.i08. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v12.i08
Published: August 31, 2016
Copyright: © 2015 Le Kang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Pictured is a migratory locust (Locusta migratoria), which is in the molting process. Chitin synthase and chitinase play crucial roles in chitin biosynthesis and degradation during insect molting. Yang et al. describe a mechanism by which two miRNAs regulate chitin metabolism related to the molting process in locusts. Molting process is controlled precisely by a balancing modulation cooperation of miR-71 and miR-263 in chitin biosynthesis and degradation. See Yang et al.
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Image Credit: Le Kang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.