Two distinct mechanisms generate endogenous siRNAs from bidirectional transcription in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-590

  Okamura, Katsutomo ^a   Balla, Sudha ^a   Martin, Raquel ^a   Liu, Na ^a   Lai, Eric C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; INTRON; KLARSICHT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; THICKVEINS GENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXONS; INTRONS; RNA HELICASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 44349101881     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1438     Document Type: Article

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