MicroRNA genes are transcribed by RNA polymerase II

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4051-4060

  Lee, Yoontae ^a   Kim, Minju ^a   Han, Jinju ^a   Yeom, Kyu Hyun ^a   Lee, Sanghyuk ^b   Baek, Sung Hee ^a   Kim, V Narry ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cap; Drosha; MicroRNA; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; CAPPED RNA; MICRORNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STOP CODON;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GUANOSINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA CAPS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 8144225486     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600385     Document Type: Article

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