A stepwise model for double-stranded RNA processing by ribonuclease III

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-154

  Gan, Jianhua ^a   Shaw, Gary ^a   Tropea, Joseph E ^a   Waugh, David S ^a   Court, Donald L ^a   Ji, Xinhua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MAGNESIUM ION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RIBONUCLEASE III;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 36849013062     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06032.x     Document Type: Article

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