Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including heart development; negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation; and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Part of RISC complex. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; early conceptus; heart; oocyte; and somite. Orthologous to human MIR1-2 (microRNA 1-2).