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micro-RNA (miRNA)

Micro-RNA (also written as microRNA) is a small (about 22 nucleotides) single-stranded non-coding RNA molecule. miRNAs function via base-pairing with complementary sequences within mRNA molecules to RNA to silence and post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression.

microarray

Method used to detect the expression of thousands of genes at the same time. Microarray experiments allow description of genome-wide expression changes in health and disease.