siRNA and miRNA processing: new functions for Cajal bodies

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Pontes, Olga ^a   Pikaard, Craig S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOGENESIS; COILED BODY; CYTOPLASM; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; COILED BODIES; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 44349123569     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.01.008     Document Type: Review

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