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Plant and animal microRNAs: similarities and differences

Date

Authors

Millar, Anthony

Waterhouse, Peter Michael

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Plant and animal microRNAs (miRNAs) are evolutionarily ancient small RNAs, ∼19-24 nucleotides in length, that are generated by cleavage from larger highly structured precursor molecules. In both plants and animals, miRNAs posttranscriptionally regulate

Keywords

Keywords: messenger RNA; plant RNA; ribonuclease III; RNA; RNA precursor; 3' untranslated region; 5' untranslated region; animal genetics; binding site; biogenesis; comparative study; gene cluster; gene expression regulation; gene function; gene targeting; genetic

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/29664

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Functional & Integrative Genomics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10142-005-0145-2

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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