High throughput small RNA and transcriptome sequencing reveal capacitation-related microRNAs and mRNA in boar sperm.

Yuan LiRong-Hong LiMing-Xia RanYan ZhangKai LiangYing-Nan RenWen-Cheng HeMing ZhangGuang-Bin ZhouIzhar Hyder QaziChang-Jun Zeng

Published in: BMC genomics (2018)

Our study is first to provide the complete miRNA and transcriptome profiles of boar sperm. Our findings provide important insights for the understanding of the RNA profile in boar sperm and future elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanism relevant to mammalian sperm capacitation.

Keyphrases

single cell
high throughput
rna seq
genome wide
gene expression
dna methylation
nucleic acid
binding protein