Human TRIM71 and its nematode homologue are targets of let-7 microRNA and its zebrafish orthologue is essential for development

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2525-2534

  Lin, You Chin ^a   Hsieh, Li Ching ^a,b   Kuo, Ming Wei ^c   Yu, John ^a,c   Kuo, Huan Hsien ^a   Lo, Wan Lin ^a   Lin, Ruey Jen ^a   Yu, Alice L ^a,d   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a,e  

^a GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Let 7; Lin 41; MicroRNA target; TRIM71

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MICRORNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HSA LET 7A GENE; HSA LET 7C GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LET 7 GENE; LIN 41 GENE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIM71 GENE; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICRORNAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 35848966558     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm195     Document Type: Article

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