| Literature DB >> 18694554 |
Catherine A Reinke1, Richard W Carthew.
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Aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression correlates with human diseases such as cardiac disorders and cancer. Treatment of such disorders using miRNA-targeted therapeutics requires a thorough understanding of miRNA regulation in vivo. A recent paper in Nature by Davis et al. expands our understanding of miRNA biogenesis and maturation, elucidating a mechanism by which extracellular signaling directs cell differentiation via posttranscriptional regulation of miRNA expression.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18694554 PMCID: PMC2921160 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2008.07.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Cell ISSN: 1534-5807 Impact factor: 12.270