Mir-218 microRNA precursor family

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mir-218 microRNA precursor family
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Type: Gene; miRNA;
2° structure: Predicted; PFOLD
Seed alignment: Griffiths-Jones SR
Avg length: 96.1 nucleotides
Avg identity: 80%

miR-218 microRNA precursor is a small non-coding RNA that regulates gene expression by antisense binding.

miR-218 appears to be a vertebrate specific microRNA and has now been been predicted and experimentally confirmed in a wide range of vertebrate species (MIPF0000026). The extents of the hairpin precursors are not known. In this case the mature sequence in excised from the 5'arm of the hairpin.

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