Processing of intronic microRNAs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 775-783

  Kim, Young Kook ^a   Kim, V Narry ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drosha; Intron; MicroRNA; Processing; Splicing

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846945735     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601512     Document Type: Article

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