Ribonuclease III mechanisms of double-stranded RNA cleavage

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-48

  Nicholson, Allen W ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; KREN1 PROTEIN; KREN2 PROTEIN; KREN3 PROTEIN; KREPB4 PROTEIN; KREPB5 PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; KINETOPLAST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA EDITING; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890287379     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1195     Document Type: Review

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