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SUBMITTER: Xiang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3422165 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiang Jun J Cheng Anchun A Wang Mingshu M Zhang Shunchuan S Zhu Dekang D Jia Renyong R Chen Shun S Zhou Yi Y Wang Xiaoyu X Chen Xiaoyue X
Virology journal 20120514
<h4>Background</h4>MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of short (~22 nt) noncoding RNAs that specifically regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miRNA precursors (pre-miRNAs), which are imperfect stem loop structures of ~70 nt, are processed into mature miRNAs by cellular RNases III. To date, thousands of miRNAs have been identified in different organisms. Several viruses have been reported to encode miRNAs.<h4>Findings</h4>Here, we extended the analysis of miRNA-encoding potenti ...[more]