title: MicroRNA-biogenesis and Pre-mRNA splicing crosstalk.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are often hosted in introns of protein-coding genes. Given that the same transcriptional unit can potentially give rise to both miRNA and mRNA transcripts raises the intriguing question of the level of interaction between these processes. Recent studies from transcription, pre-mRNA splicing, and miRNA-processing perspectives have investigated these relationships and yielded interesting, yet somewhat controversial findings. Here we discuss major studies in the field.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel. nshomron@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Noam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shomron
authors.forename: Carmit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; D012322:RNA Precursors