Subnuclear compartmentalization of transiently expressed polyadenylated pri-microRNAs: Processing at transcription sites or accumulation in SC35 foci

Cell Cycle

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-356

  Pawlicki, Jan M ^a   Steitz, Joan A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotranscriptional; Drosha; microRNA; pri miRNA; SC35

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 59449083420     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.3.7494     Document Type: Article

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