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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
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Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis
Kumar MS, Lu J, Mercer KL, Golub TR, Jacks T. Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. Nature Genetics 2007, 39: 673-677. PMID: 17401365, DOI: 10.1038/ng2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget mRNA transcriptsShort hairpin RNAGlobal repressionCellular transformationMRNA transcriptsMiRNA processing machinerySmall noncoding RNAsMature miRNA expressionMiRNA lossMiRNA maturationMiRNA processingMicroRNA processingNoncoding RNAsUndifferentiated stateProcessing machineryMiRNA expressionHairpin RNAConditional deletionTumorigenesisMiRNA levelsCancer cellsTumor developmentRepressionTranscriptsRNA