Human let-7a miRNA blocks protein production on actively translating polyribosomes

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1108-1114

  Nottrott, Stephanie ^a   Simard, Martin J ^a,b   Richter, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PUROMYCIN; SUCROSE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IRON CHELATION; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; POLYRIBOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33845354027     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1173     Document Type: Article

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