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. 2010 Feb 11;5(2):e9171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009171

Figure 1. A miRNA molecule binds to a miRNA target gene (miTG).

Figure 1

Hexamers 1,2 and 3 correspond to six nucleotide long sequences on the 3′UTR complementary to the first nucleotides of the miRNA . Hexamer 2 is the sequence complementary to the ‘seed’ of the miRNA, which has been suggested as the most important region for miRNA:miTG binding.