The slicing activity of miRNA-specific Argonautes is essential for the miRNA pathway in C. elegans

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 10452-10462

  Bouasker, Samir ^a   Simard, Martin J ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; MICRORNA; MICRORNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; MICRORNA PRECURSOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALG 1; PROTEIN ALG 2; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 84869029982     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks748     Document Type: Article

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