Small molecules for big tasks

• 来源期刊: 分子细胞生物学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（3）
• 页码范围: 143
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 中文
• DOI: 10.1093/imcb/mjr010

摘要

One of the most important achievements in the post-genome era is discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs), which widely exist from simple-genome organisms such as viruses and bacteria to complexgenome organisms such as plants and animals.miRNAs are single-stranded non-coding RNAs of 18-25 nucleotides in length, which are generated from larger precursors that are transcribed from noncoding genes.As a new type of regulatory molecules, miRNAs present unique features in regulating gene and its products, including rapidly turning off protein production, reversibly, and compartmentalized regulating gene expression.