Biology:Mir-42 microRNA precursor family

mir-42
Identifiers
Symbol	mir-42
Rfam	RF00794
miRBase family	321
Other data
RNA type	microRNA
Domain(s)	Eukaryota;
PDB structures	PDBe

In molecular biology, mir-42 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms.

See also

• MicroRNA

Further reading

• "Pervasive and cooperative deadenylation of 3'UTRs by embryonic microRNA families". Molecular Cell 40 (4): 558–70. November 2010. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.11.003. PMID 21095586. 

External links

• Page for mir-42 microRNA precursor family at Rfam