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The functions of animal microRNAs
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs that regulate the expression of complementary messenger RNAs. Hundreds of miRNA genes have been found in diverse animals, and many of these are phylogenetically conserved. With miRNA roles identified in developmental timing, cell death, cell proliferation, haematopoiesis and patterning of the nervous system, evidence is mounting that animal miRNAs are more numerous, and their regulatory impact more pervasive, than was previously suspected.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ambros, V.
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ambros, Victor
- ORCID
- Ambros, Victor
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2004-09
- Volume
- 431
- Issue
- 7006
- Pages
- 350-355
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2014946489
- Cited by
- 10,728
- References
- 52
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- FWCI
- 13.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
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- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Keywords
- microRNA, gene expression regulation, post-transcriptional regulation, developmental timing, cell death, cell proliferation, hematopoiesis, phylogenetic conservation, animal development
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Multigene Family, Substrate Specificity, Genomics, MicroRNAs
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