摘要
MicroRNAs(miRNAs)areaclassofshort,endogenously-initiatednon-codingRNAsthatpost-transcriptionallycontrolgeneexpressionviaeithertranslationalrepressionormRNAdegradation.ItisbecomingevidentthatmiRNAsareplayingsignificantrolesinregulatorymechanismsoperatinginvariousorganisms,includingdevelopmentaltimingandhost-pathogeninteractionsaswellascelldifferentiation,proliferation,apoptosisandtumorigenesis.Likewise,asaregulatoryelement,miRNAitselfiscoordinativelymodulatedbymultifariouseffectorswhencarryingoutbasicfunctions,suchasSNP,miRNAediting,methylationandcircadianclock.Thismini-reviewsummarizedthecurrentunderstandingofinteractionsbetweenmiRNAsandtheirtargets,includingrecentadvancementsindecipheringtheregulatorymechanismsthatcontrolthebiogenesisandfunctionalityofmiRNAsinvariouscellularprocesses.
出版日期
2009年04月14日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
