Nature Reviews Genetics 16, 421 (2015)

Towards a molecular understanding of microRNA-mediated gene silencing

Stefanie Jonas, Elisa Izaurralde.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a conserved class of small non-coding RNAs that assemble with Argonaute proteins into miRNA-induced silencing complexes (miRISCs) to direct post-transcriptional silencing of complementary mRNA targets. Silencing is accomplished through a combination of translational repression and mRNA destabilization, with the latter contributing to