Intronic microRNA precursors that bypass Drosha processing

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7149, 2007, Pages 83-86

  Ruby, J Graham ^a,b   Jan, Calvin H ^a,b   Bartel, David P ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEMATODE; RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA;

EID: 34447097693     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05983     Document Type: Article

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