A pre-mrna-associating factor links endogenous sirnas to chromatin regulation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Burkhart, Kirk B ^a   Guang, Shouhong ^a   Buckley, Bethany A ^a   Wong, Lily ^a   Bochner, Aaron F ^a   Kennedy, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN NRDE 1; PROTEIN NRDE 2; PROTEIN NRDE 3; PROTEIN NRDE 4; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HISTONE; LYSINE; NRDE 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NRDE 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NRDE-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NRDE-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NRDE1 GENE; NRDE2 GENE; NRDE3 GENE; NRDE4 GENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FUNGI; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; HISTONES; LYSINE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 80052328708     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002249     Document Type: Article

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