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MicroRNAs: Target Recognition and Regulatory Functions

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Bartel, David P.·2009·Cell

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous approximately 23 nt RNAs that play important gene-regulatory roles in animals and plants by pairing to the mRNAs of protein-coding genes to direct their posttranscriptional repression. This review outlines the current understanding of miRNA target recognition in animals and discusses the widespread impact of miRNAs on both the expression and evolution of protein-coding genes.

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  • miR-106b was predicted to have a binding site at the near end of the 3' UTR of ABCA1 with an 8mer perfect match.

    “miR-106b was predicted to have a binding site at the near end of 3′ UTR of ABCA1 with an 8mer perfect match (an exact match to positions 2–8 of the mature miRNA followed by an adenosine nucleotide) (Fig. 1A) (Bartel, 2009).”

    From miR-106b impairs cholesterol efflux and increases Aβ levels by repressing ABCA1 expression (2012) · cites this paper as Bartel, 2009

    The ‘Seeds of miRNA target prediction’ section (page not provided) describes predicted 8-nt seed-match sites, and ‘The influence of UTR context’ says sites near UTR ends can be more effective. Neither passage identifies an 8mer site for miR-106b in the ABCA1 3′ UTR, so the specific prediction is not supported by this source. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • miRNAs are critical regulators of gene expression acting predominantly at the posttranscriptional level.

    “a class of noncoding RNAs, termed microRNAs (miRNAs), has emerged as critical regulators of gene expression acting predominantly at the posttranscriptional level (8–10).”
  • miRNA targeting of mRNAs inhibits their expression through mRNA destabilization, repression of translation, or a combination of both processes.

    “miRNA targeting of mRNAs inhibits their expression through mRNA destabilization, repression of translation, or a combination of both processes (8–10).”
  • MicroRNAs are 22-nt RNAs that pair to sites in mRNAs to target these messages for posttranscriptional repression.

    “MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 22-nt RNAs that pair to sites in mRNAs to target these messages for posttranscriptional repression32.”
  • Computational approaches to predict physical interactions can partly circumvent bias but do not address tissue specificity and may have relatively low reproducibility across methods.

    “Computational approaches to predict physical interactions can partly circumvent bias (TABLE 1), but they do not address tissue specificity, and there may be relatively low reproducibility across different methods 58,59.”

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Authors
Bartel, D. P.
Affiliations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Bartel, David P.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2009-01
Volume
136
Issue
2
Pages
215-233
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2162674813
Cited by
20,068
References
114
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FWCI
59.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
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  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Elsevier eBooks
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
Keywords
microRNA, miRNA target recognition, post-transcriptional regulation, mRNA silencing, gene expression regulation, gene evolution, protein-coding genes, animals, plants
MeSH terms
Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, 3' Untranslated Regions, MicroRNAs

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