Evidence for the rapid expansion of microRNA-mediated regulation in early land plant evolution

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulatory RNA molecules that are specified by their mode of action, the structure of primary transcripts, and their typical size of 20–24 nucleotides. Frequently, not only single miRNAs but whole families of c...

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Main Authors: Hess Wolfgang R, Reski Ralf, Voß Björn, Fattash Isam, Frank Wolfgang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/7/13