Formation, regulation and evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans 3'UTRs

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7328, 2011, Pages 97-103

  Jan, Calvin H ^a,b   Friedman, Robin C ^a,b   Ruby, J Graham ^a,b,c   Bartel, David P ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; POLY A; POLYADENYLATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650972252     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09616     Document Type: Article

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