Alu element-mediated gene silencing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1694-1705

  Chen, Ling Ling ^a   DeCerbo, Joshua N ^a   Carmichael, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu elements; Gene silencing; Nuclear retention; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOLIN 1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P54NRB; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIN 28 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIN-28 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NONO PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA EDITING; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN BINDING;

PRIMATES;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA EDITING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 47049122843     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.94     Document Type: Article

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