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Identification of novel genes coding for small expressed RNAs

Authors
Lagos-Quintana, M., Rauhut, R., Lendeckel, W., and Tuschl, T.
ID
ZDB-PUB-041229-2
Date
2001
Source
Science (New York, N.Y.)   294(5543): 853-858 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Cell Line
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Organ Specificity
  • RNA, Untranslated/chemistry*
  • RNA, Untranslated/genetics*
  • RNA, Untranslated/metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • RNA Precursors/chemistry
  • RNA Precursors/genetics
  • RNA Precursors/metabolism
  • Computational Biology
  • RNA/chemistry*
  • RNA/genetics*
  • RNA/metabolism
  • Multigene Family
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Humans
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Drosophila melanogaster/embryology
  • Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
  • Base Pairing
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • HeLa Cells
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Northern
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PubMed
11679670 Full text @ Science
Abstract
In Caenorhabditis elegans, lin-4 and let-7 encode 22- and 21-nucleotide (nt) RNAs, respectively, which function as key regulators of developmental timing. Because the appearance of these short RNAs is regulated during development, they are also referred to as small temporal RNAs (stRNAs). We show that many 21- and 22-nt expressed RNAs, termed microRNAs, exist in invertebrates and vertebrates and that some of these novel RNAs, similar to let-7 stRNA, are highly conserved. This suggests that sequence-specific, posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms mediated by small RNAs are more general than previously appreciated.
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Citation
Lagos-Quintana, M., Rauhut, R., Lendeckel, W., and Tuschl, T. (2001) Identification of novel genes coding for small expressed RNAs. Science (New York, N.Y.). 294(5543):853-858.