The Role of Transposable Elements in the Origin and Evolution of MicroRNAs in Human

Qin, Sheng; Jin, Ping; Zhou, Xue; Chen, Liming; Ma, Fei

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131365

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The Role of Transposable Elements in the Origin and Evolution of MicroRNAs in Human

Published in PLoS ONE • Jun 26, 2015

Authors:

Sheng Qin

Ping Jin

Xue Zhou

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are crucial regulators of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in eukaryotes via targeting gene 3'-untranslated regions. Transposable elements (TEs) are considered as natural origins of some miRNAs. However, what miRNAs are and how these miRNAs originate and evolve fr...

Subject

microRNA

Transposable element

Biology

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