Go With the Flow: Fluid Roles for miRNAs in Vertebrate Osmoregulation
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2015
Department
Biological Sciences
School
Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Abstract
MicroRNAs are a family of small RNAs that regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. By regulating the expression of multiple genes that mediate salt and water balance, miRNAs enable precise control over osmoregulatory processes in vertebrates. Differential expression of miRNAs and divergent mRNA targeting have allowed for adaptation of osmoregulatory tissues during vertebrate evolution. Interestingly, only a small number of mRNA target relationships have been maintained over the millennia, indicating that gain and loss of miRNA/mRNA networks have enabled species-specific osmoregulation.
Publication Title
Sodium and Water Homeostasis
First Page
159
Last Page
172
Recommended Citation
Flynt, A. S.,
Patton, J. G.
(2015). Go With the Flow: Fluid Roles for miRNAs in Vertebrate Osmoregulation. Sodium and Water Homeostasis, 159-172.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/15565