Publication Date:
2001-10-27
Description:
The lin-4 and let-7 antisense RNAs are temporal regulators that control the timing of developmental events in Caenorhabditis elegans by inhibiting translation of target mRNAs. let-7 RNA is conserved among bilaterian animals, suggesting that this class of small RNAs [microRNAs (miRNAs)] is evolutionarily ancient. Using bioinformatics and cDNA cloning, we found 15 new miRNA genes in C. elegans. Several of these genes express small transcripts that vary in abundance during C. elegans larval development, and three of them have apparent homologs in mammals and/or insects. Small noncoding RNAs of the miRNA class appear to be numerous and diverse.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, R C -- Ambros, V -- R01 GM-34028/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Oct 26;294(5543):862-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Dartmouth Medical School, Department of Genetics, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11679672" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Blotting, Northern
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Caenorhabditis elegans/*genetics/growth & development
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Cloning, Molecular
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Computational Biology
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Conserved Sequence
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DNA, Intergenic
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
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Gene Library
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Genes, Helminth
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Humans
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Organ Specificity
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RNA Precursors/genetics/metabolism
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RNA, Antisense/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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RNA, Helminth/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism
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RNA, Untranslated/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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