They may be tiny, but microRNAs show strength in numbers and by exerting a surprising amount of influence over the expression of many genes. In the space of just a few years, the identification and analysis of microRNAs has become a boom industry, necessitating new tools and techniques suitable for such small targets. Michael Eisenstein reports.
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Eisenstein, M. Size is not everything. Nat Methods 3, 947–955 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1106-947
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