Cleavage of the star strand facilitates assembly of some microRNAs into Ago2-containing silencing complexes in mammals

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-313

  Shih, Chanseok ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; microRNA; miRNA star strand cleavage; Passenger strand cleavage; RISC

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; EIF2C2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INITIATION FACTOR 2; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA CLEAVAGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

EID: 55249097473     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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