Antagonistic role of hnRNP A1 and KSRP in the regulation of let-7a biogenesis

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1011-1018

  Michlewski, Gracjan ^a   Cáceres, Javier F ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; KH TYPE SPLICING REGULATORY PROTEIN; MICRORNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN GROUP A-B; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 77955425756     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1874     Document Type: Article

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