Intertwined pathways for Argonaute-mediated microRNA biogenesis in Drosophila

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1987-2002

  Yang, Jr Shiuan ^a,b   Smibert, Peter ^a   Westholm, Jakub O ^a   Jee, David ^a,b   Maurin, Thomas ^a   Lai, Eric C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; EDETIC ACID; EXORIBONUCLEASE; HEN1 METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 451; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXORIBONUCLEASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA HELICASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84896702067     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1038     Document Type: Article

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