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Loop nucleotides control primary and mature miRNA function in target recognition and repression.
RNA biology - 1 Jan 2000
Yue Si-Biao, Trujillo Robin Deis, Tang Yujie, O'Gorman William E, Chen Chang-Zheng
Abstract excerpt
MicroRNA (miRNA) genes produce three major RNA products; primary (pri-), precursor (pre-), and mature miRNAs. Each product includes sequences complementary to cognate targets, thus they all can in principle interact with the targets. In a recent study we showed that pri-miRNAs play a direct role in target recognition and repression in the absence of functional mature miRNAs. Here we examined the functional...
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