Abstract
The transcript diversity seen in non-coding regions, as well as the relative location of miRNA target sites defined by it, has a potentially large impact on gene regulation by miRNAs and should be taken into account when defining, predicting or validating miRNA targets.
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BiologymicroRNAThree prime untranslated regionComputational biologyUntranslated regionDNA microarrayGeneticsProteomicsEvolutionary biologyMessenger RNAGeneGene expression
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- 8
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- 152-152
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William H. Majoros,
Uwe Ohler
(2007).
Spatial preferences of microRNA targets in 3' untranslated regions.
BMC Genomics
, 8
(1)
, 152-152.
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-152
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- 10.1186/1471-2164-8-152