Mir-42 microRNA precursor family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MicroRNA precuror family RNA family Symbolmir-42RfamRF00794 miRBase family321RNA typemicroRNAmir-42IdentifiersSymbolmir-42RfamRF00794 miRBase family321Other dataRNA typemicroRNADomain(s)Eukaryota;PDB structuresPDBe In molecular biology, mir-42 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. MicroRNA References Further reading Wu E, Thivierge C, Flamand M, Mathonnet G, Vashisht AA, Wohlschlegel J, Fabian MR, Sonenberg N, Duchaine TF (November 2010). "Pervasive and cooperative deadenylation of 3'UTRs by embryonic microRNA families". Molecular Cell. 40 (4): 558–70. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.11.003. PMC 3698950. PMID 21095586. External links Page for mir-42 microRNA precursor family at Rfam This genetics article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles