Biochemical principles of small RNA pathways

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2010, Pages 295-319

  Liu, Qinghua ^a   Paroo, Zain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; HELICASE; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 77953635299     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 00664154     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.052208.151733     Document Type: Review

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