Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to forskolin; long-term synaptic potentiation; and multicellular organismal-level iron ion homeostasis. Located in extracellular exosome. Part of RISC complex. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; blastocyst; embryo ectoderm; lung; and midbrain ventricular layer. Orthologous to human MIR17 (microRNA 17).