miR-1289 and "Zipcode"-like Sequence Enrich mRNAs in Microvesicles

• Main Authors: Mehmet Fatih Bolukbasi (Author), Arda Mizrak (Author), Gokhan Baris Ozdener (Author), Sibylle Madlener (Author), Thomas Ströbel (Author), Erdogan Pekcan Erkan (Author), Jian-Bing Fan (Author), Xandra O Breakefield (Author), Okay Saydam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite intensive studies, the molecular mechanisms by which the genetic materials are uploaded into microvesicles (MVs) are still unknown. This is the first study describing a zipcode-like 25 nucleotide (nt) sequence in the 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of mRNAs, with variants of this se...