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microRNA sponge: a standalone construct

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RNA biology

a transcript carrying many binding sites that soaks up a microRNA and relieves its targets.

In RNA biology, microRNA sponge refers to a transcript carrying many binding sites that soaks up a microRNA and relieves its targets. This meaning comes from Ebert (2007) in Nature Methods.[1]

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References

Ebert, M. S., Neilson, J. R., & Sharp, P. A. (2007). MicroRNA sponges: competitive inhibitors of small RNAs in mammalian cells. Nature Methods, 4(9), 721-726. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1079

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