Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including Roundabout signaling pathway; long-term synaptic potentiation; and retina vasculature development in camera-type eye. Is expressed in several structures, including foregut-midgut junction; nervous system; sensory organ; skeleton; and tooth. Orthologous to human MIR218-1 (microRNA 218-1).