Self-complementary sequence context in mature miRNAs

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 392, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 572-576

  Maiti, Mohitosh ^a   Nauwelaerts, Koen ^a   Lescrinier, Eveline ^a   Schuit, Frans C ^b   Herdewijn, Piet ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hairpin; Homo duplex; Mature strand; MicroRNA; NMR; Self complementarity

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, COMPLEMENTARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 76749129681     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.01.072     Document Type: Article

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