Biogenesis of mammalian microRNAs by a non-canonical processing pathway

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4626-4640

  Havens, Mallory A ^a   Reich, Ashley A ^b   Duelli, Dominik M ^a   Hastings, Michelle L ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; ENDONUCLEASE; EXPORTIN 5; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1225; MICRORNA 1228; MIRTRON; PROTEIN DGCR8; PROTEIN DROSHA; SIMTRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; ENZYME BINDING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MICRORNAS; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859963228     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks026     Document Type: Article

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