Computational Assessment of the Cooperativity between RNA Binding Proteins and MicroRNAs in Transcript Decay

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Peng ^a,b   Singh, Mona ^a,b   Coller, Hilary A ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; PROTEINS; RNA;

BINDING MOTIF; BINDING-SITES; COOPERATIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATIONS; PROTEIN MOTIFS; PROTEIN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION SITE; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

BINDING SITES;

MICRORNA; PROTEIN FOX 1; PROTEIN NOVA; PROTEIN U1A; PUMILIO PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AU RICH ELEMENT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HAIRPIN; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPT DECAY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878480000     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003075     Document Type: Article

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