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Micrornas: Tiny Regulators With Great Potential, Victor Ambros Dec 2001

Micrornas: Tiny Regulators With Great Potential, Victor Ambros

Victor R. Ambros

Animal genomes contain an abundance of small genes that produce regulatory RNAs of about 22 nucleotides in length. These microRNAs are diverse in sequence and expression patterns, and are evolutionarily widespread, suggesting that they may participate in a wide range of genetic regulatory pathways.