microRNA (miRNA)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Transcription subtree

~22-nt non-coding RNAs processed from hairpin precursors by Drosha + Dicer; guide RISC (Argonaute) to target mRNA 3′ UTR for translational repression or decay. ~2600 in the human genome.

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