Biogenesis and the regulation of the maturation of miRNAs

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-28

  Tran, Nham ^a   Hutvagner, Gyorgy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Dicer; Drosha; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84879162388     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0540017     Document Type: Article

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