Discrimination of common and unique RNA-binding activities among Fragile X mental retardation protein paralogs

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3164-3177

  Darnell, Jennifer C ^a   Fraser, Claire E ^a   Mostovetsky, Olga ^a   Darnell, Robert B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN 1; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN 2; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN 2 KH2; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOSS; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; G-QUADRUPLEXES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; POLYRIBOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 68749103452     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp255     Document Type: Article

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