MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate eukaryotic gene expression at the post-
transcriptional level and affect a wide range of biological processes. Over the past two …

Since the sequencing of the genome and the development of high-throughput tools for the
exploration of functional elements of the genome, the chicken has reached model organism …

This chapter deals primarily with the three most economically important virus‐induced
transmissible neoplastic diseases of poultry, namely: the herpesvirus‐induced Marek's …

The low transfection efficiency of chitosan is one of its drawbacks as a gene delivery carrier.
Low molecular weight chitosan may help to form small-sized polymer-DNA or small …

The ability of microRNAs to influence gene expression is now recognized as a fundamental
layer of regulation within the cell. MicroRNAs have a major impact on most biological …

Constitutive activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is implicated
in the development and progression of many human cancers, including melanoma. Mutually …

The key regular functions of microRNAs (miRNAs) were only discovered a few years ago,
when it became evident that miRNAs play important roles in gene regulation. Today, more …

The ease of in vivo experimental manipulation is one of the main factors that have made the
chicken embryo an important animal model in developmental research, including …

The primary function of microRNA (miRNA, a class of small regulatory RNA) is to regulate
gene expression. Studies of miRNA in mammals suggest that many liver-associated …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a number of small non-coding RNAs playing a regulatory part in
gene expression. Many virus-encoded miRNAs have been found, which manifests that …