The evolutionary journey of Argonaute proteins

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 743-753

  Swarts, Daan C ^a   Makarova, Kira ^b   Wang, Yanli ^c   Nakanishi, Kotaro ^d   Ketting, René F ^e   Koonin, Eugene V ^b   Patel, Dinshaw J ^f   Van Der Oost, John ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Institute of Molecular Biology   (Germany)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; PROTEIN BINDING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84908604171     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2879     Document Type: Review

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