Intracellular single molecule microscopy reveals two kinetically distinct pathways for microRNA assembly

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 709-715

  Pitchiaya, Sethuramasundaram ^a   Androsavich, John R ^a,b   Walter, Nils G ^a  

^a Single Molecule Analysis Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Let 7 miRNA; microinjection; single molecule fluorescence microscopy; single particle tracking; stepwise photobleaching

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA LET 7A 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LABELING INDEX; MICROINJECTION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KINETICS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOBLEACHING; RNA TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84864885322     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.85     Document Type: Article

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