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Nature Cell Biology 8, 278–284 (1 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncb1373

The microRNA miR-181 targets the homeobox protein Hox-A11 during mammalian myoblast differentiation

Irina Naguibneva , Maya Ameyar-Zazoua , Anna Polesskaya , Slimane Ait-Si-Ali , Reguina Groisman , Mouloud Souidi , Sylvain Cuvellier & Annick Harel-Bellan

Deciphering the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle-cell differentiation in mammals is an important challenge. Cell differentiation involves complex pathways regulated at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels.