Sequence-specific single-strand RNA binding protein encoded by the human LINE-1 retrotransposon

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 6034-6043

  Hohjoh, Hirohiko ^a   Singer, Maxine F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human high affinity binding site; LINE 1 (L1Hs); Non LTR retrotransposon; Ribonucleoprotein complex; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TERATOCARCINOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RETROELEMENTS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030870342     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.19.6034     Document Type: Article

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