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SUBMITTER: Krzywinska O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7150722 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krzywińska Olga O Bracha Marietta M Jeanniere Caroline C Recchia Emeline E Kędziora Kornatowska Kornelia K Kozakiewicz Mariusz M
BioMed research international 20200331
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short and noncoding RNA fragments that bind to the messenger RNA. They have different roles in many physiological or pathological processes. MicroRNA-21, one of the first miRNAs discovered, is encoded by the MIR21 gene and is located on the chromosomal positive strand 17q23.2. MicroRNA-21 is transcribed by polymerase II and has its own promoter sequence, although it is in an intron. It is intra- and extracellular and can be found in many body fluids, alone or combined with ...[more]