Target mimicry provides a new mechanism for regulation of microRNA activity

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BiologymicroRNACell biologyPsychological repressionGene silencingRNAEffectorCleavage (geology)GeneticsGeneGene expression

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 39
Issue: 8
Pages: 1033-1037
Citations: 2057
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                                    José M. Franco‐Zorrilla, 
                                
                                    Adrián Vallí, 
                                
                                    Marco Todesco
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Target mimicry provides a new mechanism for regulation of microRNA activity. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 39
                            (8)
                            , 1033-1037.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/ng2079
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/ng2079