Individual microRNA sequences can suppress the production of hundreds of proteins. Reduction of protein levels in this way is often modest, however, and many such RNAs probably collectively fine-tune gene expression.
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Mourelatos, Z. The seeds of silence. Nature 455, 44–45 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455044a
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