SnapShot: Unconventional miRNA Functions

Mihnea Paul Dragomir; Erik Knutsen; George Adrian Calin

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.040

SnapShot: Unconventional miRNA Functions

Cell. 2018 Aug 9;174(4):1038-1038.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.040.

Authors

Mihnea Paul Dragomir¹, Erik Knutsen¹, George Adrian Calin¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

PMID: 30096304
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.07.040

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are synonymous with post-transcriptional repression of target genes. A number of studies, however, have reported miRNAs functioning outside this paradigm, and this SnapShot outlines these unconventional ways in which miRNAs can exert regulatory functions. To view this SnapShot, open or download the PDF.

MeSH terms

Cell Nucleus / genetics*
Gene Expression Regulation*
Gene Regulatory Networks*
Humans
MicroRNAs / genetics*
RNA, Messenger / genetics
RNA, Messenger / metabolism*

Substances

MicroRNAs
RNA, Messenger