Does base-pairing strength play a role in microRNA repression?

RNA

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1947-1956

  Carmel, Ido ^a   Shomron, Noam ^b   Heifetz, Yael ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Base pairing strength; G C content; Homeotherms; MicroRNA; Poikilotherms

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOMBYX MORI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE PAIRING; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84867662537     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.032185.111     Document Type: Article

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