LIN-28 and the poly(U) polymerase PUP-2 regulate let-7 microRNA processing in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1016-1020

  Lehrbach, Nicolas J ^a,b   Armisen, Javier ^a,b   Lightfoot, Helen L ^a,b   Murfitt, Kenneth J ^a   Bugaut, Anthony ^b   Balasubramanian, Shankar ^b,c   Miska, Eric A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; LET 7 MICRORNA; LIN 28 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; POLY(U) POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA PROCESSING; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 70349810911     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1675     Document Type: Article

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