A multitasking Argonaute: Exploring the many facets of C. elegans CSR-1

Chromosome Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 573-586

  Wedeles, Christopher J ^a   Wu, Monica Z ^a   Claycomb, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argonaute; C. elegans; Chromatin; Gene regulatory pathway; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION AND RNA INTERFERENCE DEFICIENT 1 PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84891000593     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9383-7     Document Type: Review

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