Loqs and R2D2 act sequentially in the siRNA pathway in Drosophila

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Marques, João Trindade ^a   Kim, Kevin ^a   Wu, Pei Hsuan ^a   Alleyne, Trevis M ^b   Jafari, Nadereh ^b   Carthew, Richard W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DCR 2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DCR-2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; LOQUACIOUS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MICRORNA; R2D2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA HELICASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77449084674     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1735     Document Type: Article

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