The translin-TRAX complex (C3PO) is a ribonuclease in tRNA processing

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 824-830

  Li, Liande ^a   Gu, Weifeng ^b   Liang, Chunyang ^a   Liu, Qinghua ^a   Mello, Craig C ^b   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C3PO PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRANSLIN; PROTEIN TRAX; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; MOUSE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, FUNGAL; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84864690535     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2337     Document Type: Article

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