A Potential Protein-RNA Recognition Event along the RISC-Loading Pathway from the Structure of A. aeolicus Argonaute with Externally Bound siRNA

Structure

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1557-1565

  Yuan, Yu Ren ^a   Pei, Yi ^b   Chen, Hong Ying ^a   Tuschl, Thomas ^b   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SUGAR;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS;

EID: 33749244630     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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