Diversity in parasitic nematode genomes: the microRNAs of Brugia pahangi and Haemonchus contortus are largely novel.

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Published in BMC Genomics on January 04, 2012

Authors

Alan D Winter1, William Weir, Martin Hunt, Matthew Berriman, John S Gilleard, Eileen Devaney, Collette Britton

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences; University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK. Alan.Winter@glasgow.ac.uk

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