Question 4. What is the effect on a targeted MRNA when it is silenced by a miRNA that has only a partial match with that mRNA sequence?

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Chapter16: Gene Expression
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Problem 33CTQ: Describe how RBPs can prevent miRNAs from degrading an RNA molecule.
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