Identification and characterization of human Mex-3 proteins, a novel family of evolutionarily conserved RNA-binding proteins differentially localized to processing bodies

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1289-1300

  Buchet Poyau, Karine ^a,b,c   Courchet, Julien ^a,b,c   Le Hir, Hervé ^d   Séraphin, Bertrand ^d   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^e   Duret, Laurent ^f   Domon Dell, Claire ^g   Freund, Jean Noël ^g   Billaud, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^e EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DCP1A PROTEIN; ENZYME; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MEX 3 PROTEIN; MEX 3A PROTEIN; MEX 3B PROTEIN; MEX 3C PROTEIN; MEX 3D PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34047189786     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm016     Document Type: Article

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