Kinetic analysis of the RNAi enzyme complex

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 599-606

  Haley, Benjamin ^a   Zamore, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; KINETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 3042602447     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb780     Document Type: Article

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