A matter of timing: microRNA-controlled temporal identities in worms and flies
- 15 June 2008
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Genes & Development
- Vol. 22 (12), 1572-1576
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1690608
Abstract
The first microRNAs were identified in Caenorhabditis elegans based on their functions in the temporal regulation of stage-specific cell fate decisions. Until now, it was not known whether the so-called heterochronic genes that encode miRNAs are also involved in controlling developmental transitions in other organisms. New findings by Sokol et al. (this issue of Genes & Development, pp. 1591–1596) demonstrate that the Drosophila counterpart of a heterochronic miRNA gene from C. elegans, let-7, does indeed play a role in promoting stage-specific developmental events in neuromuscular tissues during the transition from larval to adult stages, thus pointing to a more widespread utilization of miRNAs in temporal regulation of animal development.Keywords
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