Structure and function of nematode RNA-binding proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Kaymak, Ebru ^a   Wee, LM ^a   Ryder, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; FEM 3 BINDING FACTOR; PROTEIN PUF; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TTP LIKE ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; NEMATODA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 77955572742     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.03.010     Document Type: Review

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