Differential impact of the HEN1 homolog HENN-1 on 21U and 26G RNAs in the germline of Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kamminga, Leonie M ^a,c   van Wolfswinkel, Josien C ^a,d   Luteijn, Maartje J ^a   Kaaij, Lucas J T ^a   Bagijn, Marloes P ^b   Sapetschnig, Alexandra ^b   Miska, Eric A ^b   Berezikov, Eugene ^a   Ketting, René F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN HEN1; PROTEIN HENN 1; RNA; RNA 21U; RNA 26G; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALG 3 GENE; ALG 4 GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERGO 1 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HENN 1 GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA METHYLATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84860588377     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002702     Document Type: Article

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