Sequence requirements for RNA binding by HuR and AUF1

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-437

  Barker, Andrew ^a,b,c   Epis, Michael R ^a   Porter, Corrine J ^b,c,d   Hopkins, Benjamin R ^c   Wilce, Matthew C J ^b,c,d   Wilce, Jackie A ^b,c,d   Giles, Keith M ^a   Leedman, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

androgen receptor; AU rich element; hnRNP D; HuR; metastasis associated protein 1; prostate carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN D; HUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FOS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA BINDING;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HETEROGENEOUS-NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN D; HU PARANEOPLASTIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84859363017     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs010     Document Type: Article

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