Drosophila primary microRNA-8 encodes a microRNA-encoded peptide acting in parallel of miR-8.
Audrey MontignyPatrizia TavorminaCarine DuboeHélène San ClémenteMarielle AguilarPhilippe ValentiDominique LauresserguesJean-Philippe CombierSerge PlazaPublished in: Genome biology (2021)
Taken together, these results reveal that several Drosophila pri-miRs exhibit translation potential. Contrasting with the mechanism described in plants, these data shed light on the function of yet undescribed primary-microRNA-encoded peptides in Drosophila and their regulatory potential on genome expression.