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= Micro RNA (miRNA) = | = Micro RNA (miRNA) = | ||
Micro RNA (miRNA) is one class of low molecular weight [[RNA|RNA]](about 21 nucleotides long) which is found in [[Eukaryotic cells|eukaryotic cells]]. Like [[MRNA|mRNA]], miRNA is synthesised by [[RNA polymerase II|RNA polymerase II]] but it's non-[[Protein|protein]] encoding RNA<ref>Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K, Walter P,2008, Molecular Biology of the Cell,5th Edition, New York, Garland Science pg 493-4</ref>. Micro RNA moleculs are able to inhibit the expression of mRNAs which are complementary to them<ref>Jeremy M.Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer, 2006, Biochemistry, 6th Edition, New York, W.H. Freeman and Company pg 120</ref>. | Micro RNA (miRNA) is one class of low molecular weight [[RNA|RNA]](about 21 nucleotides long) which is found in [[Eukaryotic cells|eukaryotic cells]]. Like [[MRNA|mRNA]], miRNA is synthesised by [[RNA polymerase II|RNA polymerase II]] but it's non-[[Protein|protein]] encoding RNA <ref>Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, Raff M, Roberts K, Walter P,2008, Molecular Biology of the Cell,5th Edition, New York, Garland Science pg 493-4</ref>. Micro RNA moleculs are able to inhibit the expression of mRNAs which are complementary to them<ref>Jeremy M.Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer, 2006, Biochemistry, 6th Edition, New York, W.H. Freeman and Company pg 120</ref>.<br> | ||
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Revision as of 07:18, 29 November 2011
Micro RNA (miRNA)
Micro RNA (miRNA) is one class of low molecular weight RNA(about 21 nucleotides long) which is found in eukaryotic cells. Like mRNA, miRNA is synthesised by RNA polymerase II but it's non-protein encoding RNA [1]. Micro RNA moleculs are able to inhibit the expression of mRNAs which are complementary to them[2].