Argonaute proteins couple chromatin silencing to alternative splicing

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 998-1005

  Ameyar Zazoua, Maya ^a,b,c   Rachez, Christophe ^b   Souidi, Mouloud ^a,b,c   Robin, Philippe ^b   Fritsch, Lauriane ^b   Young, Robert ^d,h   Morozova, Nadya ^a,c   Fenouil, Romain ^b,e,f   Descostes, Nicolas ^b,e,f   Andrau, Jean Christophe ^b,e,f   Mathieu, Jacques ^a,b   Hamiche, Ali ^g   Ait Si Ali, Slimane ^b   Muchardt, Christian ^b   Batsché, Eric ^b   Harel Bellan, Annick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^e CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DICER; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN HP1GAMMA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CD44 GENE; CHROMATIN; GENE; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE METHYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPLICEOSOME;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; FIBROBLASTS; HELA CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPLICEOSOMES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867230570     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2373     Document Type: Article

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