Tudor domain ERI-5 tethers an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase to DCR-1 to potentiate endo-RNAi

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-98

  Thivierge, Caroline ^a,b   Makil, Neetha ^a,b   Flamand, Mathieu ^a,b   Vasale, Jessica J ^c   Mello, Craig C ^c   Wohlschlegel, James ^d   Conte, Darryl ^c   Duchaine, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ERI 5; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84855432200     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2186     Document Type: Article

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