Abstract
Micro RNAs are a large family of noncoding RNAs of 21-22 nucleotides whose functions are generally unknown. Here a large subset of Drosophila micro RNAs is shown to be perfectly complementary to several classes of sequence motif previously demonstrated to mediate negative post-transcriptional regulation. These findings suggest a more general role for micro RNAs in gene regulation through the formation of RNA duplexes.
Publication types
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
- 3' Untranslated Regions*
- 5' Untranslated Regions
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
- Drosophila / genetics
- MicroRNAs
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- RNA, Antisense / chemistry*
- RNA, Antisense / genetics*
- RNA, Untranslated / chemistry*
- RNA, Untranslated / genetics*
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Substances
- 3' Untranslated Regions
- 5' Untranslated Regions
- MicroRNAs
- RNA, Antisense
- RNA, Untranslated