MicroRNAs and their regulatory roles in
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Baohong Zhang; Qinglian Wang; Xiaoping Pan
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of newly identified endogenous nonβproteinβcoding small RNAs. They exist in animals, plants, and viruses, and play an important role in gene silencing. Translational repression, mRNA cleavage, and mRNA decay initiated by miRNAβdirected deadenylat