Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2008Vol. 65pp. -
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ae2008cellularfunctional
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a recently discovered family of small regulatory molecules that function by modulating protein production. There are approximately 500 known mammalian miRNA genes, and each miRNA may regulate hundreds of different protein-coding genes. Mature miRNAs bind to target mRNAs in a p …