Human Argonaute2 mediates RNA cleavage targeted by miRNAs and siRNAs

Molecular Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-197

  Meister, Gunter ^a   Landthaler, Markus ^a   Patkaniowska, Agnieszka ^a   Dorsett, Yair ^a   Teng, Grace ^a   Tuschl, Thomas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; ISOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA CLEAVAGE;

BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 3242736704     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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