Functional parameters of Dicer-independent microRNA biogenesis

RNA

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 945-957

  Yang, Jr Shiuan ^a,b   Maurin, Thomas ^a   Lai, Eric C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ago2; Dicer; microRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA CLEAVAGE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84859969412     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.032938.112     Document Type: Article

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