MicroRNAs: Mechanisms, Functions and Progress

作     者：Tongbin Li William C.S.Cho 

作者机构：*** Research GroupLC SciencesHoustonTX 77054USA Department of Clinical OncologyQueen Elizabeth HospitalHong Kong SARChina 

出 版 物：《Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics》 (基因组蛋白质组与生物信息学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第10卷第5期

页      面：237-238页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071010[理学-生物化学与分子生物学] 081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 09[农学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 

主　　题：Caenorhabditis elegans biological processes gene regulation human genome target gene small RNA form of 

摘      要：In 1993 when Ambros and co-workers [1] discovered that a mysterious Caenorhabditis elegans gene, lin-4, does not encode a protein, but acts in the form of a small RNA and represses the expression of its target gene, lin-14, through base-pairing with its 3＇ untranslated region （3tUTR）, nobody would imagine that 20 years later, this category of small RNAs - now widely known as microR- NAs （or miRNAs）, has ～2000 known members in the human genome （and counting）, and that miRNA-mediated gene regulation is deeply involved in virtually all important biological processes in animals and plants.