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    RNA. 2007 Apr;13(4):463-7. Epub 2007 Jan 25.

    Hypothesis: RNA editing of microRNA target sites in humans?

    Liang H, Landweber LF.

    Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

    Adenosine (A) to inosine (I) RNA editing occurs widely in the human transcriptome, and a large proportion of editing sites are within untranslated regions (UTRs). MicroRNAs (miRNAs), an abundant class of regulatory genes, specify the expression of a large number of target genes by pairing to their 3' UTRs. To study the interplay between these two post-transcriptional events, we developed a computational pipeline to integrate sequence and miRNA tissue specificity data. The results show that some A-to-I RNA editing positions have a potential to block the miRNA:target recognition, although further computational simulation suggests that RNA editing tends to avoid miRNA target sites in general. We propose that a small proportion of RNA editing events may provide an additional layer of control on miRNA-mediated repression. Further investigation is needed to elucidate the functional effect of these special RNA editing events.

    PMID: 17255198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: PMC1831856

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