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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Ueli Schibler
PROVIDER: E-TABM-692 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Genes & development 20090601 11
In liver, most metabolic pathways are under circadian control, and hundreds of protein-encoding genes are thus transcribed in a cyclic fashion. Here we show that rhythmic transcription extends to the locus specifying miR-122, a highly abundant, hepatocyte-specific microRNA. Genetic loss-of-function and gain-of-function experiments have identified the orphan nuclear receptor REV-ERBalpha as the major circadian regulator of mir-122 transcription. Although due to its long half-life mature miR-122 a ...[more]