The conformation of microRNA seed regions in native microRNPs is prearranged for presentation to mRNA targets

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4827-4835

  Lambert, Nicole J ^a   Gu, Sam G ^a   Zahler, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOHYDRATES; DNA; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79959391612     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr077     Document Type: Article

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