Article
Selection and mutation on microRNA target sequences during rice evolution.
BMC genomics - 2 Oct 2008
Guo Xingyi, Gui Yijie, Wang Yu, Zhu Qian-Hao, Helliwell Chris, Fan Longjiang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) posttranscriptionally down-regulate gene expression by binding target mRNAs. Analysis of the evolution of miRNA binding sites is helpful in understanding the co-evolution between miRNAs and their targets. To understand this process in plants a comparative analysis o...
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