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miR-208
Encoded by an intron of the alpha-MHC gene
Function:
- upregulates beta-MHC expression in response to stress & hypothyroidism
- promotes cardio-myocyte hypertrophy & fibrosis
General
small non coding rna
Properties
FORM: miR-208
References
- van Rooij E et al,
Control of stress-dependent cardiac growth and gene expression
by a microRNA.
Science 2007, 316:575
PMID: 17379774