microRNA: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	miRNA • micro RNA

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Diagram illustrating RNA interference, showing how both nuclear-encoded miRNA and synthetic double-stranded RNA are processed by enzymes like Dicer and RISC to cleave target mRNA, resulting in gene silencing.

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RNA interference genetic expression RNA ribosomal RNA transfer RNA messenger RNA Ribose What Is the Difference Between DNA and RNA?

Key People

Gary Ruvkun reacts after learning that he is a winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Gary Ruvkun

American molecular biologist and geneticist

Cowinner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Victor Ambros

Victor Ambros

American developmental biologist and molecular geneticist