An Evolutionary Perspective of Animal MicroRNAs and Their Targets
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression through translational inhibition or mRNA degradation by binding to sequences on the target mRNA. miRNA regulation appears to be the most abundant mode of posttranscriptional regulation affecting ∼50% of the transcriptome. miRN...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/594738 |