The mouse homolog of HEN1 is a potential methylase for Piwi-interacting RNAs

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1397-1401

  Kirino, Yohei ^a   Mourelatos, Zissimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; microRNA; Mili; miRNA; Miwi; piRNA; Piwi

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN HEN1; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICRORNAS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEINS; RIBOSE; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548366485     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.659307     Document Type: Article

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