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SUBMITTER: Bussing I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2885935 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Büssing Ingo I Yang Jr-Shiuan JS Lai Eric C EC Grosshans Helge H
The EMBO journal 20100430 11
MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis proceeds from a primary transcript (pri-miRNA) through the pre-miRNA into the mature miRNA. Here, we identify a role of the Caenorhabditis elegans nuclear export receptor XPO-1 and the cap-binding proteins CBP-20/NCBP-2 and CBP-80/NCBP-1 in this process. The RNA-mediated interference of any of these genes causes retarded heterochronic phenotypes similar to those observed for animals with mutations in the let-7 miRNA or core miRNA machinery genes. Moreover, pre- and ma ...[more]