Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Gene expression is the process that involves synthesis of protein from the nucleotide sequence of a gene. miRNA (micro ribonucleic acid) are short sequences of nucleotides that regulate gene expression. There is another type of RNA, which is siRNA (small interfering RNA).

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