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MicroRNA (miRNA) = “small non-coding RNA molecule that post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression by base-pairing to mRNA” (Wienholds & Plasterk, 2005, FEBS Letters 579 5911-5922)
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Site-specific recombination = “reaction in which DNA strands are broken and exchanged at precise positions of two target DNA loci to achieve determined biological function” (Hallet & Sherratt, 1997, FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 21 157-178)
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Transposition = “the process by which genetic elements move between different locations of the genome” (Hallet & Sherratt, 1997, FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 21 157-178)
Transposon = “discrete DNA segments that are able to move between different, non homologous, genomic loci” (Hallet & Sherratt, 1997, FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 21 157-178)
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