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Tethering of human Ago proteins to mRNA mimics the miRNA-mediated repression of protein synthesis.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2004
Pillai Ramesh S, Artus Caroline G, Filipowicz Witold
Abstract excerpt
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are approximately 21-nt-long RNAs involved in regulating development, differentiation, and other processes in eukaryotes. In metazoa, nearly all miRNAs control gene expression by imperfectly base-pairing with the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of target mRNAs and repressing protein synthesis by an unknown mechanism. It is also unknown whether miRNA-mRNA duplexes containing mismatches and...
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