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Circles reshape the RNA world

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The versatility of RNA seems limitless. The latest surprise comes from circular RNAs, which are found to counteract the function of another class of regulatory RNA — the microRNAs. See Article p.333 & Letter p.384

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Figure 1: Constraints on evolutionary change in microRNAs.

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