Ribonuclease activity and RNA binding of recombinant human Dicer

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5864-5874

  Provost, Patrick ^a   Dishart, David ^a   Doucet, Johanne ^a   Frendewey, David ^a   Samuelsson, Bengt ^a   Rådmark, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dicer; dsRNA; Ribonuclease III; RNA binding; RNA processing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALRETICULIN; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036847540     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf578     Document Type: Article

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