2010
A Novel miRNA Processing Pathway Independent of Dicer Requires Argonaute2 Catalytic Activity
Cifuentes D, Xue H, Taylor DW, Patnode H, Mishima Y, Cheloufi S, Ma E, Mane S, Hannon GJ, Lawson ND, Wolfe SA, Giraldez AJ. A Novel miRNA Processing Pathway Independent of Dicer Requires Argonaute2 Catalytic Activity. Science 2010, 328: 1694-1698. PMID: 20448148, PMCID: PMC3093307, DOI: 10.1126/science.1190809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsBiocatalysisEmbryo, NonmammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentErythropoiesisEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2HumansMicroRNAsModels, BiologicalMorphogenesisNucleic Acid ConformationRecombinant ProteinsRibonuclease IIIRNA PrecursorsRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalZebrafishZebrafish Proteins
2005
MicroRNAs Regulate Brain Morphogenesis in Zebrafish
Giraldez AJ, Cinalli RM, Glasner ME, Enright AJ, Thomson JM, Baskerville S, Hammond SM, Bartel DP, Schier AF. MicroRNAs Regulate Brain Morphogenesis in Zebrafish. Science 2005, 308: 833-838. PMID: 15774722, DOI: 10.1126/science.1109020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA-binding domainMultiple cell typesDicer mutantsMutant embryosSmall RNAsPrecursor miRNAsAxis formationMature miRNAsRibonuclease IIIHeart developmentGene expressionBrain morphogenesisAbnormal morphogenesisLater stepsMiRNA formationMorphogenesisMutantsMiRNAsCell typesBrain formationEssential roleZebrafishBrain defectsSomitogenesisGastrulation