Demonstration of the presence of the "deleted" MIR122 gene in HepG2 cells.

MicroRNA 122 (miR-122) is highly expressed in the liver where it influences diverse biological processes and pathways, including hepatitis C virus replication and metabolism of iron and cholesterol. It is processed from a long non-coding primary transcript (~7.5 kb) and the gene has two evolutionari...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim A Y Hamad, Yue Fei, Anastasia Z Kalea, Dan Yin, Andrew J P Smith, Jutta Palmen, Steve E Humphries, Philippa J Talmud, Ann P Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374784?pdf=render