How miRNA Structure of Animals Influences Their Biogenesis

Autor: P. S. Vorozheykin, I. I. Titov
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Genetics. 56:17-29
ISSN: 1608-3369
1022-7954
DOI: 10.1134/s1022795420010135
Popis: MicroRNAs are small noncoding RNAs that are involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of the gene expression in various organisms. This article reviews recent advances in understanding the role of the primary and secondary structures of animal miRNA precursors through the biogenesis stages and the miRNA maturation steps. Also, we describe the effects of genetic variability and heterogeneity of miRNA ends, which play an important role in epitranscriptomics as well as annotation errors in the miRNA databases.
Databáze: OpenAIRE