Versatile microRNA biogenesis in animals and their viruses

RNA Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Xie, Mingyi ^a   Steitz, Joan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AGO2 slicer activity; Dicer; Exportin 5; Integrator; Microprocessor; MicroRNA biogenesis; Mirtron; tRNaseZ; Viral microRNA

Indexed keywords

DICER; EXONUCLEASE; EXPORTIN 1; EXPORTIN 5; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 451; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; CAPPED RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

BIOGENESIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLICEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIRUS GENE; ANIMAL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; MICRORNAS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA CAPS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUSES;

EID: 84905037866     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.28985     Document Type: Review

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