Diversifying microRNA sequence and function

SL Ameres, PD Zamore - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the expression of most genes in animals, but we are only
now beginning to understand how they are generated, assembled into functional complexes …

Evolution of microRNA diversity and regulation in animals

E Berezikov - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
In the past decade, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been uncovered as key regulators of gene
expression at the post-transcriptional level. The ancient origin of miRNAs, their dramatic …

microRNA functions

N Bushati, SM Cohen - Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
microRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that play important roles in
posttranscriptional gene regulation. In animal cells, miRNAs regulate their targets by …

The diverse functions of microRNAs in animal development and disease

WP Kloosterman, RHA Plasterk - Developmental cell, 2006 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) control gene expression by translational inhibition and destabilization
of mRNAs. While hundreds of miRNAs have been found, only a few have been studied in …

The evolution of gene regulation by transcription factors and microRNAs

K Chen, N Rajewsky - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2007 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the patterns of gene expression are widely believed to underlie many of
the phenotypic differences within and between species. Although much emphasis has been …

The art of microRNA research

E Van Rooij - Circulation research, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Originally identified as moderate biological modifiers, microRNAs have recently emerged as
powerful regulators of diverse cellular processes with especially important roles in disease …

Vive la différence: biogenesis and evolution of microRNAs in plants and animals

MJ Axtell, JO Westholm, EC Lai - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
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The neuronal microRNA system

KS Kosik - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
A class of small, non-coding transcripts called microRNAs (miRNAs) that provide a crucial
and pervasive layer of post-transcriptional gene regulation has recently emerged and …

MicroRNA-mediated feedback and feedforward loops are recurrent network motifs in mammals

J Tsang, J Zhu, A van Oudenaarden - Molecular cell, 2007 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulatory molecules that participate in diverse biological
processes in animals and plants. While thousands of mammalian genes are potentially …

MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in animals and plants

B Zhang, Q Wang, X Pan - Journal of cellular physiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of newly identified endogenous non‐
protein‐coding small RNAs. They exist in animals, plants, and viruses, and play an important …