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Overview Of Microrna Biology, Ashley M. Mohr, Justin L. Mott
Overview Of Microrna Biology, Ashley M. Mohr, Justin L. Mott
Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
In considering an overview of microRNA biology, it is useful to consider microRNAs as a part of cellular communication. At the simplest level, microRNAs act to decrease the expression of mRNAs that contain stretches of sequence complementary to the microRNA. This function can be likened to the function of endogenous or synthetic short interfering RNA (siRNA). However, microRNA function is more complicated and nuanced than this ‘on-off’ model would suggest. Further, many microRNA targets are themselves non-coding RNAs. In this review, we will discuss the role of microRNAs in shaping the proteome of the cell in a way that is …