RISC is a 5′ phosphomonoester-producing RNA endonuclease

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 975-980

  Martinez, Javier ^a   Tuschl, Thomas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 modification; Endonuclease; ; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; ESTER; HYDROXYL GROUP; PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA ENDONUCLEASE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HELA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM;

BINDING SITES; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2442495329     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1187904     Document Type: Article

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