The widespread regulation of microRNA biogenesis, function and decay

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 597-610

  Krol, Jacek ^a   Loedige, Inga ^a   Filipowicz, Witold ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GLYCINE; MICRORNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EDITING; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA STABILITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77955902024     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2843     Document Type: Review

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