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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kawahara Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1978079 | biostudies-other | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kawahara Yukio Y Zinshteyn Boris B Chendrimada Thimmaiah P TP Shiekhattar Ramin R Nishikura Kazuko K
EMBO reports 20070622 8
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) mediate translational repression or degradation of their target messenger RNAs by RNA interference (RNAi). The primary transcripts of miRNA genes (pri-miRNAs) are sequentially processed by the nuclear Drosha-DGCR8 complex to approximately 60-70 nucleotide (nt) intermediates (pre-miRNAs) and then by the cytoplasmic Dicer-TRBP complex to approximately 20-22 nt mature miRNAs. Certain pri-miRNAs are subject to RNA editing that converts adenosine to inosine (A --> I RNA editing); h ...[more]