2016
STarMir Tools for Prediction of microRNA Binding Sites
Kanoria S, Rennie W, Liu C, Carmack CS, Lu J, Ding Y. STarMir Tools for Prediction of microRNA Binding Sites. Methods In Molecular Biology 2016, 1490: 73-82. PMID: 27665594, PMCID: PMC5353976, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6433-8_6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger RNAEndogenous short noncoding RNAsGene expressionMammalian biological processesHigh-throughput miRNATarget messenger RNAsShort noncoding RNAsMicroRNA Binding SitesCertain human diseasesCross-species validationTranslational repressionMiRNA functionGene regulationSeedless sitesMRNA degradationNoncoding RNAsRegulatory moleculesBiological processesSequence featuresHuman diseasesImmunoprecipitation studiesMiRNAComputational predictionsBinding sitesMiRNAs
2014
Effects of genetic variations on microRNA: target interactions
Liu C, Rennie WA, Carmack CS, Kanoria S, Cheng J, Lu J, Ding Y. Effects of genetic variations on microRNA: target interactions. Nucleic Acids Research 2014, 42: 9543-9552. PMID: 25081214, PMCID: PMC4150780, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA binding sitesGenetic variationGene regulationGenetic variantsMiRNA-mediated gene regulationBinding sitesModulation of miRNAPotential of miRNARare variantsLow mutation frequencyFlanking regionsHuman diseasesVariant densityStructural accessibilityMiRNACommon variantsMutation frequencyMicroRNAsTarget interactionsRegulationStructure alterationsVariantsNew associationsTranscriptomeSites