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Uridylation of RNA Hairpins by Tailor Confines the Emergence of MicroRNAs in Drosophila.
Molecular cell - 16 Jul 2015
Reimão-Pinto Madalena M, Ignatova Valentina, Burkard Thomas R, Hung Jui-Hung, Manzenreither Raphael A, Sowemimo Ivica, Herzog Veronika A, Reichholf Brian, Fariña-Lopez Sara, Ameres Stefan L
Abstract excerpt
Uridylation of RNA species represents an emerging theme in post-transcriptional gene regulation. In the microRNA pathway, such modifications regulate small RNA biogenesis and stability in plants, worms, and mammals. Here, we report Tailor, an uridylyltransferase that is required for the majority of 3' end modifications of microRNAs in Drosophila and predominantly targets precursor hairpins. Uridylation modulates...
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