The C. elegans microRNA let-7 binds to imperfect let-7 complementary sites from the lin-41 3′UTR

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-137

  Vella, Monica C ^a   Choi, Eun Young ^a,b   Lin, Shin Yi ^a,c   Reinert, Kristy ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Kentucky   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 UTR; Developmental timing; Heterochronic; MicroRNA; StRNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN LET7; PROTEIN LIN41; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD TYPE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0942301280     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1165404     Document Type: Article

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