A complex system of small RNAs in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1191-1203

  Zhao, Tao ^a   Li, Guanglin ^b   Mi, Shijun ^a   Li, Shan ^a   Hannon, Gregory J ^c   Wang, Xiu Jie ^b   Qi, Yijun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; miRNA; mRNA cleavage; RISC; RNAi; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BASE PAIRING; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34249093687     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1543507     Document Type: Article

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