Structural insight into RNA recognition motifs: Versatile molecular Lego building blocks for biological systems

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-246

  Muto, Yutaka ^a   Yokoyama, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; EUKARYOTA; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84867595792     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1107     Document Type: Review

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