Structure of the guide-strand-containing argonaute silencing complex

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7219, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Wang, Yanli ^a   Sheng, Gang ^a   Juranek, Stefan ^b   Tuschl, Thomas ^b   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RNA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE SILENCING; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 56249145105     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07315     Document Type: Article

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