Novel modes of protein-RNA recognition in the RNAi pathway

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 107-115

  Lingel, Andreas ^a   Sattler, Michael ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P19; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA;

GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 13844254120     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.01.010     Document Type: Review

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