Regulatory RNAs in Planarians

Kamila Pawlicka; Patrick McDevitt Perrigue; Jan Barciszewski

doi:10.18388/abp.2016_1355

Kamila Pawlicka Intstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Patrick McDevitt Perrigue Intstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Jan Barciszewski Intstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2016_1355

Keywords: planarians, RNAi, miRNA, regeneration, stem cells

Abstract

The full scope of regulatory RNA evolution and function in epigenetic processes is still not well understood. The development of planarian flatworms to be used as a simple model organism for research has shown great potential to address gaps in knowledge in this field of study. The genomes of planarians encode a wide array of regulatory RNAs that function in gene regulation. Here we review planarians as a suitable model organism for the identification and function of regulatory RNAs.

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