Structural insights into mRNA recognition from a PIWI domain-siRNA guide complex

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7033, 2005, Pages 663-666

  Parker, James S ^a   Roe, S Mark ^a   Barford, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENES; MOLECULES; NEGATIVE IONS; PROTEINS; TARGETS;

COMPLEMENTARY NUCLEOTIDES; METAL-BINDING SITES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TARGET GENES;

RNA;

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; GUIDE RNA;

RNA;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE SILENCING; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BASE SEQUENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, GUIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15844402005     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03462     Document Type: Article

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