The diverse functions of microRNAs in animal development and disease

WP Kloosterman, RHA Plasterk - Developmental cell, 2006 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) control gene expression by translational inhibition and destabilization
of mRNAs. While hundreds of miRNAs have been found, only a few have been studied in …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA function in animal development

E Wienholds, RHA Plasterk - FEBS letters, 2005 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that post-transcriptionally regulate
gene expression by base-pairing to mRNAs. Hundreds of miRNAs have been identified …

Approaches to microRNA discovery

E Berezikov, E Cuppen, RHA Plasterk - Nature genetics, 2006 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are noncoding RNAs that can regulate gene expression. Several
hundred genes encoding miRNAs have been experimentally identified in animals, and many …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of the putative RNA-directed RNA polymerase RRF-3 makes C. elegans hypersensitive to RNAi

F Simmer, M Tijsterman, S Parrish, SP Koushika… - Current biology, 2002 - cell.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a broadly used reverse genetics method in C. elegans [1].
Unfortunately, RNAi does not inhibit all genes [2, 3]. We show that loss of function of a putative …

Genome-Wide RNAi of C. elegans Using the Hypersensitive rrf-3 Strain Reveals Novel Gene Functions

F Simmer, C Moorman, AM Van Der Linden, E Kuijk… - PLoS …, 2003 - journals.plos.org
RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) is a method to inhibit gene function by introduction of
double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). Recently, an RNAi library was constructed that consists of …

Dicer functions in RNA interference and in synthesis of small RNA involved in developmental timing in C. elegans

RF Ketting, SEJ Fischer, E Bernstein… - Genes & …, 2001 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Double-stranded RNAs can suppress expression of homologous genes through an
evolutionarily conserved process named RNA interference (RNAi) or post-transcriptional gene …

Processing of primary microRNAs by the Microprocessor complex

AM Denli, BBJ Tops, RHA Plasterk, RF Ketting… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Mature microRNAs (miRNAs) are generated via a two-step processing pathway to yield ∼22-nucleotide
small RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level 1 . …

MicroRNA expression in zebrafish embryonic development

E Wienholds, WP Kloosterman, E Miska… - Science, 2005 - science.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs, about 21 nucleotides in length, that can
regulate gene expression by base-pairing to partially complementary mRNAs. Regulation by …

On the role of RNA amplification in dsRNA-triggered gene silencing

T Sijen, J Fleenor, F Simmer, KL Thijssen, S Parrish… - Cell, 2001 - cell.com
We have investigated the role of trigger RNA amplification during RNA interference (RNAi)
in Caenorhabditis elegans. Analysis of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) produced during …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic shadowing and computational identification of human microRNA genes

E Berezikov, V Guryev, J van de Belt, E Wienholds… - Cell, 2005 - cell.com
We sequenced 122 miRNAs in 10 primate species to reveal conservation characteristics of
miRNA genes. Strong conservation is observed in stems of miRNA hairpins and increased …