Mechanism of microRNA-target interaction: molecular dynamics simulations and thermodynamics analysis.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenously produced approximately 21-nt riboregulators that associate with Argonaute (Ago) proteins to direct mRNA cleavage or repress the translation of complementary RNAs. Capturing the molecular mechanisms of miRNA interacting with its target will not only reinforce the u...

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Main Authors: Yonghua Wang, Yan Li, Zhi Ma, Wei Yang, Chunzhi Ai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2912339?pdf=render