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SUBMITTER: Lehnert S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2637760 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lehnert Stefan S Van Loo Peter P Thilakarathne Pushpike J PJ Marynen Peter P Verbeke Geert G Schuit Frans C FC
PloS one 20090211 2
This paper connects Alu repeats, the most abundant repetitive elements in the human genome and microRNAs, small RNAs that alter gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. Base-pair complementarity could be demonstrated between the seed sequence of a subset of human microRNAs and Alu repeats that are integrated parallel (sense) in mRNAs. The most common target site coincides with the evolutionary most conserved part of Alu. A primate-specific gene cluster on chromosome 19 encodes the majo ...[more]