Common features of microRNA target prediction tools.

M Peterson, Sarah; A Thompson, Jeffrey; L Ufkin, Melanie; Sathyanarayana, Pradeep; Liaw, Lucy; Bates Congdon, Clare

doi:10.3389/fgene.2014.00023

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Common features of microRNA target prediction tools.

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Authors:

Sarah M Peterson

Jeffrey A Thompson

Melanie L Ufkin

Abstract

The human genome encodes for over 1800 microRNAs (miRNAs), which are short non-coding RNA molecules that function to regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Due to the potential for one miRNA to target multiple gene transcripts, miRNAs are recognized as a major mechanism to regulate gene ex...

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