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'''MicroRNA 6850''' is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the MIR6850 [[gene]].
<ref name="entrez">
{{cite web
| title = Entrez Gene: MicroRNA 6850
| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/102465978
| accessdate = 2017-07-03
}}</ref>

==Function==

microRNAs (miRNAs) are short (20-24 nt) non-coding [[RNA]]s 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 [[POLR1C|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.

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