Abstract
The complement of the Brugia malayi microRNA-71 was inserted into the 3′ untranslated region of a reporter plasmid, resulting in a decrease in reporter activity. Mutation of the seed sequence restored activity. Insertion of the 3′ untranslated regions from two algorithm-predicted putative target genes into the reporter resulted in a similar decrease in activity; mutation of the predicted target sequences restored activity. These experiments demonstrate that B. malayi microRNA targets may be predicted using current algorithms and describe a functional assay to confirm predicted targets.
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