Distinct ribonucleoprotein reservoirs for microRNA and siRNA populations in C. elegans

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1492-1504

  Gu, Sam G ^a   Pak, Julia ^b   Barberan Soler, Sergio ^a   Ali, Mustapha ^a   Fire, Andrew ^b   Zahler, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microarray; miRNA; miRNP purification; siRNA; Small RNA cloning

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PURIFICATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34548353961     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.581907     Document Type: Article

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