LIN-42, the Caenorhabditis elegans PERIOD homolog, Negatively Regulates MicroRNA Transcription

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Perales, Roberto ^a   King, Dana M ^a   Aguirre Chen, Cristina ^a   Hammell, Christopher M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; LIN 42 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LIN-42 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84905455419     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004486     Document Type: Article

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