Argonaute-dependent small RNAs derived from single-stranded, non-structured precursors

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Chak, Li Ling ^a   Okamura, Katsutomo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Argonaute proteins; Gene regulation; RNA interference (RNAi); RNA modification; Single stranded RNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; ENDONUCLEASE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 451; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MICROBIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

EID: 84906262205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00172     Document Type: Review

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