mir-101 microRNA precursor family
miR-101 microRNA precursor is a small non-coding RNA that regulates gene expression. Expression of miR-101 has been validated in both human (MI0000103, MI0000739)[1] and mouse (MI0000148).[2] This microRNA appears to be specific to the vertebrates and has now been predicted or confirmed in a wide range of vertebrate species (MIPF0000046). The precursor microRNA is a stem-loop structure of about 70 nucleotides in length that is processed by the Dicer enzyme to form the 21-24 nucleotide mature microRNA. In this case the mature sequence is excised from the 3' arm of the hairpin.
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- He, XP; Shao, Y; Li, XL; Xu, W; Chen, GS; Sun, HH; Xu, HC; Xu, X; Tang, D; Zheng, XF; Xue, YP; Huang, GC; Sun, WH (November 2012). "Downregulation of miR-101 in gastric cancer correlates with cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression and tumor growth.". The FEBS journal 279 (22): 4201–12. doi:10.1111/febs.12013. PMID 23013439.
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