Autoregulation of lin-4 microRNA transcription by RNA activation (RNAa) in C. elegans

Cell Cycle

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 772-781

  Turner, MichaelJ ^a,b,c   Jiao, AlanL ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT ST MARY S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterochronic; Lin 4; microRNA; miRNA; RNA activation; RNAa; Seam cell; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; HELMINTH RNA; LIN-4 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HOMEOSTASIS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA, HELMINTH; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84897978883     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.27679     Document Type: Article

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