Regulating the regulators: How ribonucleases dictate the rules in the control of small non-coding RNAs

RNA Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 230-243

  Viegas, Sandra Cristina ^a   Arraiano, Cecília Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Degradation; Hfq; miRNA; Post transcriptional control; Processing; RNase; siRNA; sRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TURNOVER TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 57349181413     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.6915     Document Type: Review

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