Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Acts upstream of or within cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor; cellular response to lipopolysaccharide; and long-term synaptic potentiation. Part of RISC complex. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; limb bud; and neural ectoderm. Orthologous to human MIR500A (microRNA 500a) and MIR500B (microRNA 500b).