Mirtrons: microRNA biogenesis via splicing

JO Westholm, EC Lai - Biochimie, 2011 - Elsevier
A well-defined mechanism governs the maturation of most microRNAs (miRNAs) in animals,
via stepwise cleavage of precursor hairpin transcripts by the Drosha and Dicer RNase III …

Biogenesis, characterization, and functions of mirtrons

U Salim, A Kumar, R Kulshreshtha… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are major post‐transcriptional regulators of gene expression. They
base pair with the complementary target mRNA at the 3′ UTR and modulate cellular …

Poly (A)-specific ribonuclease mediates 3′-end trimming of Argonaute2-cleaved precursor microRNAs

M Yoda, D Cifuentes, N Izumi, Y Sakaguchi, T Suzuki… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are typically generated as∼ 22-nucleotide double-stranded RNAs via
the processing of precursor hairpins by the ribonuclease III enzyme Dicer, after which they …

Transcriptome microRNA profiling of bovine mammary epithelial cells challenged with Escherichia coli or Staphylococcus aureusbacteria reveals pathogen directed …

W Jin, EM Ibeagha-Awemu, G Liang, F Beaudoin… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) can post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression and
have been shown to be critical regulators to the fine-tuning of epithelial immune responses …

Epigenetic marks: regulators of livestock phenotypes and conceivable sources of missing variation in livestock improvement programs

EM Ibeagha-Awemu, X Zhao - Frontiers in genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Improvement in animal productivity has been achieved over the years through careful
breeding and selection programs. Today, variations in the genome are gaining increasing …

MicroRNAome of porcine pre-and postnatal development

M Li, Y Xia, Y Gu, K Zhang, Q Lang, L Chen, J Guan… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
The domestic pig is of enormous agricultural significance and valuable models for many
human diseases. Information concerning the pig microRNAome (miRNAome) has been long …

Evolution of the let-7 microRNA family

J Hertel, S Bartschat, A Wintsche, C Otto… - RNA biology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The increase of bodyplan complexity in early bilaterian evolution is correlates with the
advent and diversification of microRNAs. These small RNAs guide animal development by …

Dicer-independent, Ago2-mediated microRNA biogenesis in vertebrates

JS Yang, EC Lai - Cell cycle, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
A canonical biogenesis pathway involving sequential cleavage by the Drosha and Dicer
RNAse III enzymes governs the maturation of most animal microRNAs. However, there exist …

Next generation sequencing reveals the expression of a unique miRNA profile in response to a gram-positive bacterial infection

N Lawless, ABK Foroushani, MS McCabe, C O'Farrelly… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs, which post-transcriptionally regulate
gene expression and are proposed to play a key role in the regulation of innate and …

Mirtrons, an emerging class of atypical miRNA

HJ Curtis, CR Sibley, MJA Wood - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) via RNA interference (RNAi) is a vital gene
regulatory mechanism for fine‐tuning gene expression. RNAi effectors termed microRNAs …