Mir-26 microRNA precursor family

The miR-26 microRNA precursor is a small non-coding RNA that is involved in regulating gene expression. miR-26 appears to be a vertebrate specific microRNA and has now been predicted or experimentally validated in many vertebrate species (MIPF0000043). In this microRNA the mature sequence is excised from the 5' arm of the hairpin. miR-26 has been shown to be expressed in neural tissue. It has also been suggested that miR-26 is involved in response to low oxygen levels.