Trans-splicing and polyadenylation of let-7 microRNA primary transcripts

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1586-1594

  Bracht, John ^a   Hunter, Shaun ^a   Eachus, Rachel ^a   Weeks, Phillip ^a   Pasquinelli, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

let 7; MicroRNAs; miRNAs; Polyadenylation; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE; SPLICED LEADER 1 RNA; SPLICED LEADER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LET 7 GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYADENYLATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, HELMINTH; TRANS-SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 4644227434     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7122604     Document Type: Article

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