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Amy E. Pasquinelli

Researcher at University of California, San Diego

Publications -  75
Citations -  21378

Amy E. Pasquinelli is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene silencing & Argonaute. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 69 publications receiving 20002 citations. Previous affiliations of Amy E. Pasquinelli include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Harvard University.

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The 21-nucleotide let-7 RNA regulates developmental timing in Caenorhabditis elegans

TL;DR: It is shown that let-7 is a heterochronic switch gene that encodes a temporally regulated 21-nucleotide RNA that is complementary to elements in the 3′ untranslated regions of the heteroch chronic genes lin-14, lin-28, Lin-41, lin -42 and daf-12, indicating that expression of these genes may be directly controlled by let- 7.
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A cellular function for the RNA-interference enzyme Dicer in the maturation of the let-7 small temporal RNA.

TL;DR: In Drosophila melanogaster a developmentally regulated precursor RNA is cleaved by an RNA interference-like mechanism to produce mature let-7 stRNA, which regulates developmental timing in Caenorhabditis elegans and probably in other bilateral animals.
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Genes and mechanisms related to RNA interference regulate expression of the small temporal RNAs that control C. elegans developmental timing

TL;DR: It is shown that inactivation of genes related to RNAi pathway genes, a homolog of Drosophila Dicer (dcr-1), and two homologs of rde-1 (alg-1 and alg-2), cause heterochronic phenotypes similar to lin-4 and let-7 mutations.
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MicroRNAs and their targets: recognition, regulation and an emerging reciprocal relationship

TL;DR: This work has shown that targets can reciprocally control the level and function of miRNAs, and this has important implications for the use of these RNAs in therapeutic settings.