Argonaute: a scaffold for the function of short regulatory RNAs

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 622-630

  Parker, James S ^a   Barford, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 33750366095     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.09.010     Document Type: Review

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