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Novel determinants of mammalian primary microRNA processing revealed by systematic evaluation of hairpin-containing transcripts and human genetic variation
Roden C, Gaillard J, Kanoria S, Rennie W, Barish S, Cheng J, Pan W, Liu J, Cotsapas C, Ding Y, Lu J. Novel determinants of mammalian primary microRNA processing revealed by systematic evaluation of hairpin-containing transcripts and human genetic variation. Genome Research 2017, 27: 374-384. PMID: 28087842, PMCID: PMC5340965, DOI: 10.1101/gr.208900.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPri-miRNA processingHuman genetic variationGenetic variationPrimary sequence motifsPrimary microRNA processingMiRNA biogenesisDisease-causing mutationsPrimary miRNAsPri-miRNAsSequence motifsMiRNA hairpinsMicroRNA processingMature microRNAsSequence featuresRNA hairpinsComputational pipelineNovel determinantStem lengthUnpaired basesHairpinTranscriptsStemBiogenesisGenomeMiRNAs
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
2015
Characterization of the mammalian miRNA turnover landscape
Guo Y, Liu J, Elfenbein SJ, Ma Y, Zhong M, Qiu C, Ding Y, Lu J. Characterization of the mammalian miRNA turnover landscape. Nucleic Acids Research 2015, 43: 2326-2341. PMID: 25653157, PMCID: PMC4344502, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA turnoverStable small RNAsMammalian cell typesCultured mammalian cellsSubset of miRNAsTurnover kineticsMiRNA biogenesisMost miRNAsMiR-222-5pNucleotide biasSmall RNAsMiRNA maturationMammalian cellsSame miRNAMiRNA poolExpression profilingHsp90 associationSequence determinantsDeep sequencingHsp90 inhibitionTurnover rateMiRNA isoformsDifferent turnover ratesSequence featuresCell types