Getting to the end of RNA: Structural analysis of protein recognition of 5′ and 3′ termini

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1789, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 653-666

  Curry, Stephen ^a   Kotik Kogan, Olga ^a   Conte, Maria R ^b   Brick, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 terminus; 5 terminus; NMR; Protein crystallography; Protein RNA interaction; RNA; RNA interference; RNA maturation; Translational control

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CAP BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; SNURPORTIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROTAVIRUS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 71849085142     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.07.003     Document Type: Review

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