Atomistic mechanism of MicroRNA translation upregulation via molecular dynamics simulations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ye, Wei ^a   Qin, Fang ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Luo, Ray ^c   Chen, Hai Feng ^a,d  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN 1; ISOLEUCINE; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLYSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; UPREGULATION;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA STABILITY; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84865442439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043788     Document Type: Article

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