MIR668 Gene

HGNC Family Non-coding RNAs
Name microRNA 668
Description 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]
Summary
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Synonyms HSA-MIR-668, MIRN668
NCBI Gene ID 768214
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Predicted Functions View MIR668's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View MIR668's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View MIR668's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

MIR668 has 279 functional associations with biological entities spanning 5 categories (molecular profile, functional term, phrase or reference, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 13 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of MIR668 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of MIR668 gene from the CHEA Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ChEA Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of MIR668 gene in low- or high-throughput transcription factor functional studies from the CHEA Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of MIR668 gene relative to other cell lines from the COSMIC Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at MIR668 gene from the ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of MIR668 gene from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of MIR668 gene in ChIP-seq datasets from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures PubMedIDs of publications reporting gene signatures containing MIR668 from the GeneSigDB Published Gene Signatures dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules small molecule perturbations changing expression of MIR668 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Small Molecules dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of MIR668 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of MIR668 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
MotifMap Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of MIR668 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the MotifMap Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at MIR668 gene from the Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.