The Drosha-DGCR8 complex in primary microRNA processing

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3016-3027

  Han, Jinju ^a   Lee, Yoontae ^a   Yeom, Kyu Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Kook ^a   Jin, Hua ^a   Kim, V Narry ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DGCR8; Drosha; MicroRNA; Processing

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ISOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA PROCESSING;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 10644234841     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1262504     Document Type: Article

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