Structure of RDE-4 dsRBDs and mutational studies provide insights into dsRNA recognition in the Caenorhabditis elegans RNAi pathway

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 458, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-130

  Chiliveri, Sai Chaitanya ^a   Deshmukh, Mandar V ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA binding domain (dsRBD); RNA interference (RNAi); RNAi defective 4 (RDE 4); Short interfering RNA (siRNA)

Indexed keywords

DICER; DICER 1; LYSINE; PROTEIN; RNAI DEFECTIVE 4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84892917225     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20131347     Document Type: Article

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