The DGCR8 RNA-Binding Heme Domain Recognizes Primary MicroRNAs by Clamping the Hairpin

Cell Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1994-2005

  Quick Cleveland, Jen ^a   Jacob, Jose P ^a   Weitz, Sara H ^b   Shoffner, Grant ^a   Senturia, Rachel ^a   Guo, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DGCR8 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FERRIC ION; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 23A; MICRORNA 30A; MICRORNA 380; MICRORNA 9; RNA BINDING HEME DOMAIN PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DGCR8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEME; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA HAIRPIN; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; HEME; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84903377599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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