Identification and characterization of small RNAs involved in RNA silencing

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 5830-5840

  Aravin, Alexei ^a   Tuschl, Thomas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MicroRNA; miRNA; siRNA; Small interfering RNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA ISOLATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 26944443861     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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