The diverse roles of RNA helicases in RNAi

Cell Cycle

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3500-3505

  Ambrus, Aaron M ^a   Frolov, Maxim V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; RNA helicase; RNAi; Small RNAs; Unwind

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA HELICASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70449729497     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.21.9887     Document Type: Review

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