MicroRNAs: Target Recognition and Regulatory Functions
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Bartel, David P.
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MIT, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
MIT, Dept Biol, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Whitehead Inst Biomed Res, Cambridge, MA 02142 USAMIT, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Bartel, David P.
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[1] MIT, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] MIT, Dept Biol, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] Whitehead Inst Biomed Res, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous 23 nt RNAs that play important gene-regulatory roles in animals and plants by pairing to the mRNAs of protein-coding genes to direct their posttranscriptional repression. This review outlines the current understanding of miRNA target recognition in animals and discusses the widespread impact of miRNAs on both the expression and evolution of protein-coding genes.