MicroRNAs: from mechanism to organism

PJ Dexheimer, L Cochella - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, regulatory RNAs that act as post-transcriptional repressors
of gene expression in diverse biological contexts. The emergence of small RNA-mediated …

Identification and consequences of miRNA–target interactions—beyond repression of gene expression

J Hausser, M Zavolan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Comparative genomics analyses and high-throughput experimental studies indicate that a
microRNA (miRNA) binds to hundreds of sites across the transcriptome. Although the …

Zygotic genome activation during the maternal-to-zygotic transition

MT Lee, AR Bonneau, AJ Giraldez - Annual review of cell and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Embryogenesis depends on a highly coordinated cascade of genetically encoded events. In
animals, maternal factors contributed by the egg cytoplasm initially control development …

Biogenesis and regulation of the let-7 miRNAs and their functional implications

H Lee, S Han, CS Kwon, D Lee - Protein & cell, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The let-7 miRNA was one of the first miRNAs discovered in the nematode, Caenorhabditis
elegans, and its biological functions show a high level of evolutionary conservation from the …

microRNA functions

N Bushati, SM Cohen - Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
microRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that play important roles in
posttranscriptional gene regulation. In animal cells, miRNAs regulate their targets by …

[HTML][HTML] Discrete small RNA-generating loci as master regulators of transposon activity in Drosophila

J Brennecke, AA Aravin, A Stark, M Dus, M Kellis… - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Drosophila Piwi-family proteins have been implicated in transposon control. Here, we
examine piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) associated with each Drosophila Piwi protein and …

Regulation and function of miRNA-21 in health and disease

R Kumarswamy, I Volkmann, T Thum - RNA biology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The small regulatory RNA microRNA-21 (miR-21) plays a crucial role in a plethora of
biological functions and diseases including development, cancer, cardiovascular diseases …

Determining the role of microRNAs in psychiatric disorders

O Issler, A Chen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Recent studies have revealed that patients with psychiatric disorders have altered
microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles in the circulation and brain. Furthermore, animal …

Codon usage and 3′ UTR length determine maternal mRNA stability in zebrafish

Y Mishima, Y Tomari - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
The control of mRNA stability plays a central role in regulating gene expression. In
metazoans, the earliest stages of development are driven by maternally supplied mRNAs …

A novel class of small RNAs bind to MILI protein in mouse testes

A Aravin, D Gaidatzis, S Pfeffer, M Lagos-Quintana… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract Small RNAs bound to Argonaute proteins recognize partially or fully complementary
nucleic acid targets in diverse gene-silencing processes,,,. A subgroup of the Argonaute …