What is the half life of microRNAs?

11 November 2016 1 5K Report

Does imperfect base-pairing delay microRNA degradation in animals, as compared to plants that have a perfect base-pairing of miRNAs with target mRNAs?

Arvind Singh

Please check the below given links.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856875/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141258/

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_there_a_method_to_theoretically_calculate_the_half-life_of_a_miRNA

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