mir4017-2 microRNA mir-4017-2 [Ciona intestinalis (vase tunicate)] - Gene

Summary

Gene symbol: mir4017-2
Gene description: microRNA mir-4017-2
See related: miRBase:MI0015566
Gene type: ncRNA
Organism: Ciona intestinalis
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Tunicata; Ascidiacea; Phlebobranchia; Cionidae; Ciona
Also known as: cin-mir-4017-2
Summary: microRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20-24 nt) non-coding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed by RNA polymerase II as part of capped and polyadenylated primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs) that can be either protein-coding or non-coding. The primary transcript is cleaved by the Drosha ribonuclease III enzyme to produce an approximately 70-nt stem-loop precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA), which is further cleaved by the cytoplasmic Dicer ribonuclease to generate the mature miRNA and antisense miRNA star (miRNA*) products. The mature miRNA is incorporated into a RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which recognizes target mRNAs through imperfect base pairing with the miRNA and most commonly results in translational inhibition or destabilization of the target mRNA. The RefSeq represents the predicted microRNA stem-loop. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]
Annotation information: not in current annotation release
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