Selected key references on miRNA

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2. Bartel, D.P. (2004) MicroRNAs: genomics, biogenesis, mechanism, and function. Cell, 116, 281-297.
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4. Boutla, A., Delidakis, C. and Tabler, M. (2003) Developmental defects by antisense-mediated inactivation of micro-RNAs 2 and 13 in Drosophila and the identification of putative target genes. Nucleic Acids Res, 31, 4973-4980.
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