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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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineHumansInverted Repeat SequencesMiceMicroRNAsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalConceptsPri-miRNA processingHuman genetic variationGenetic variationPrimary sequence motifsPrimary microRNA processingMiRNA biogenesisDisease-causing mutationsPrimary miRNAsPri-miRNAsSequence motifsMiRNA hairpinsMicroRNA processingMature microRNAsSequence featuresRNA hairpinsComputational pipelineNovel determinantStem lengthUnpaired basesHairpinTranscriptsStemBiogenesisGenomeMiRNAs
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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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBinding SitesDiseaseGenetic VariationHumansMicroRNAsPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideRNA, MessengerConceptsMiRNA 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