Miracles in hox gene regulation

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作者
Chopra, VS [1 ]
Mishra, RK [1 ]
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[1] Ctr Cellular & Mol Biol, Hyderabad 500007, Andhra Pradesh, India
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10.1002/bies.20401
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to control many cellular processes including developmental timing in different organisms. The prediction that miRNAs are involved in regulating hox genes of flies and mouse is quite a recent idea and is supported by the finding that mir-196 represses Hoxb8 gene expression. The noncoding regions that encode these miRNAs are also conserved across species in the same way as other mechanisms that regulate expression of hox genes. On the contrary, until now no homeotic phenotype, a hallmark of any hox gene mutation, had been associated with any hox miRNA. Recent work on bithorax complex miRNA (miR-lab-4-5p) shows, for the f irst time, that miRNAs can lead to homeotic transformation. This miRNA regulates Ultrabithorax (Ubx) and results in the transformation of haltere to wing.((1)) This study unveils a new complexity and finesse to the regulation of hox gene expression pattern that is needed for determining the anteroposterlor body axis in all bilaterians.
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