DGCR8 recognizes primary transcripts of microRNAs through highly cooperative binding and formation of higher-order structures

RNA

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1570-1583

  Faller, Michael ^a   Toso, Daniel ^b   Matsunaga, Michio ^a   Atanasov, Ivo ^b   Senturia, Rachel ^a   Chen, Yanqiu ^a   Zhou, Z Hong ^b   Feng, Guo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DiGeorge syndrome; MicroRNA processing; Molecular recognition; Ribonuclease III; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 21; PROTEIN DGCR8; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955119567     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2111310     Document Type: Article

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