A new twist in the microRNA pathway: Not dicer but argonaute is required for a microRNA production

Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 735-737

  Bossé, Gabriel D ^a   Simard, Martin J ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIF2C2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INITIATION FACTOR 2; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; MICE; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS;

EID: 77955711301     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2010.83     Document Type: Article

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