Cellular RNA-dependent RNA polymerase involved in posttranscriptional gene silencing has two distinct activity modes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1417-1427

  Makeyev, Eugene V ^a   Bamford, Dennis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN QDE 1; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; NEOSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0036927724     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00780-3     Document Type: Article

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