RNase III enzymes and the initiation of gene silencing

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 214-218

  Carmell, Michelle A ^a,b   Hannon, Gregory J ^a  

^a Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA HELICASE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA VIRUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSPOSON;

GENE SILENCING; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGASTER; RNA VIRUSES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 1442360415     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb729     Document Type: Review

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