The caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 Ortholog, HENN-1, methylates and stabilizes select subclasses of germline small RNAs

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Billi, Allison C ^a,b   Alessi, Amelia F ^a,b   Khivansara, Vishal ^a   Han, Ting ^a,b   Freeberg, Mallory ^a   Mitani, Shohei ^c,d   Kim, John K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PROTEIN HENN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALG 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ALG-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ERGO 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ERGO-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HENN 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HENN-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE SILENCING; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA METHYLATION; RNA STABILITY; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GERM CELLS; MALE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84860599349     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002617     Document Type: Article

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