Entrez Gene summary for MIR320A Gene:
microRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20-24 nt) non-coding RNAs that are involved in post-transcriptional regulation of
gene expression in multicellular organisms by affecting both the stability and translation of mRNAs. miRNAs are
transcribed by RNA polymerase II as part of capped and polyadenylated primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs) that can
be either protein-coding or non-coding. The primary transcript is cleaved by the Drosha ribonuclease III enzyme
to produce an approximately 70-nt stem-loop precursor miRNA (pre-miRNA), which is further cleaved by the
cytoplasmic Dicer ribonuclease to generate the mature miRNA and antisense miRNA star (miRNA*) products. The
mature miRNA is incorporated into a RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), which recognizes target mRNAs through
imperfect base pairing with the miRNA and most commonly results in translational inhibition or destabilization of
the target mRNA. The RefSeq represents the predicted microRNA stem-loop. (provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009)
GeneCards Summary for MIR320A Gene:
MIR320A (microRNA 320a) is an RNA gene, and is affiliated with the miRNA class.