Transcriptional regulation mechanism mediated by miRNA-DNA•DNA triplex structure stabilized by Argonaute

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1839, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1079-1083

  Toscano Garibay, Julia D ^a   Aquino Jarquin, Guillermo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JUÁREZ DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Argonaute; MicroRNA; Transcriptional regulation; Triple helix structure; Triplex forming miRNA; Triplex forming oligonucleotide

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PURINE; DNA; TRIPLEX DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84907487081     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.07.016     Document Type: Review

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