The double-stranded RNA binding domain of human Dicer functions as a nuclear localization signal

RNA

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1238-1252

  Doyle, Michael ^a   Badertscher, Lukas ^b,c   Jaskiewicz, Lukasz ^a,e   Güttinger, Stephan ^b,f   Jurado, Sabine ^a,g   Hugenschmidt, Tabea ^a   Kutay, Ulrike ^b   Filipowicz, Witold ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Molecular Life Science PhD Program   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dicer; DsRBD; Helicase; NLS; RNAi

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELICASE; KARYOPHERIN 7; KARYOPHERIN 8; KARYOPHERIN BETA; LEPTOMYCIN B; PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNAL; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; RNA BINDING; STEADY STATE;

DICER; DSRBD; HELICASE; NLS; RNAI;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84883197339     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.039255.113     Document Type: Article

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