DOUBLE-STRANDED-RNA;
SHORT INTERFERING RNA;
GERM-LINE DEVELOPMENT;
SMALL TEMPORAL RNAS;
C-ELEGANS;
MESSENGER-RNA;
CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS;
NUCLEAR EXPORT;
REGULATORY RNA;
PAZ DOMAIN;
D O I:
10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00045-5
中图分类号:
Q5 [生物化学];
Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号:
071010 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous similar to 22 nt RNAs that can play important regulatory roles in animals and plants by targeting mRNAs for cleavage or translational repression. Although they escaped notice until relatively recently, miRNAs comprise one of the more abundant classes of gene regulatory molecules in multicellular organisms and likely influence the output of many protein-coding genes.