RACK-1 regulates let-7 microRNA expression and terminal cell differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Cell Cycle

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1995-2009

  Chu, Yu De ^a   Wang, Wei Chieh ^a   Chen, Shi An A ^a,b   Hsu, Yen Ting ^a   Yeh, Meng Wei ^a   Slack, Frank J ^c   Chan, Shih Peng ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Heterochronic; Let 7; MicroRNA; RACK1

Indexed keywords

LET 7 MICRORNA; MICRORNA; RECEPTOR FOR ACTIVATED C KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; LET-7 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; RACK-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LARVAL STAGE; LETHALITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84902437111     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.29017     Document Type: Article

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