Many ways to generate microRNA-like small RNAs: Non-canonical pathways for microRNA production

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-103

  Miyoshi, Keita ^a   Miyoshi, Tomohiro ^a   Siomi, Haruhiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Dicer; Drosha; MiRNA; SnoRNA; TRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DICER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; DROSHA; EXPORTIN 5; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DICER1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRON; MIRTRON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; EUKARYOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 77955290050     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-010-0556-1     Document Type: Review

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