Kofi Dadzie Kwofie, Emmanuel Pacia Hernandez, Anisuzzaman, Hayato Kawada, Yuki Koike, Sana Sasaki, Takahiro Inoue, Kei Jimbo, Fusako Mikami, Danielle Ladzekpo, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Kayoko Yamaji, Tetsuya Tanaka, Makoto Matsubayashi, Md Abdul Alim, Samuel Kweku Dadzie, Shiroh Iwanaga, Naotoshi Tsuji, Takeshi Hatta
RNA activation (RNAa) is a burgeoning area of research in which double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) or small activating RNAs mediate the upregulation of specific genes by targeting the promoter sequence and/or AU-rich elements in the 3'- untranslated region (3'-UTR) of mRNA molecules. So far, studies on the phenomenon have been limited to mammals, plants, bacteria, Caenorhabditis elegans, and recently, Aedes aegypti. However, it is yet to be applied in other arthropods, including ticks, despite the ubiquitous presence of argonaute 2 protein, which is an indispensable requirement for the formation of RNA-induced transcriptional activation complex to enable a dsRNA-mediated gene activation...
June 8, 2023: Scientific Reports