Computational identification of DrosophilamicroRNA genes

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Authors

Eric C. Lai · Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Pavel Tomančák · University of California, Berkeley

Robert W. Williams · University of California, Berkeley

Gerald M. Rubin · University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

Our computational strategy succeeded in identifying bona fide miRNA genes and suggests that miRNAs constitute nearly 1% of predicted protein-coding genes in Drosophila, a percentage similar to the percentage of miRNAs recently attributed to other metazoan genomes.

Topics & Keywords

Chromosomal and Genetic Variations Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies MicroRNA in disease regulation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Genome biology

Volume 4, Issue 7, pp. R42-R42

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-7-r42

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