Analysis of intron sequences reveals hallmarks of circular RNA biogenesis in animals

Cell Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-177

  Ivanov, Andranik ^a   Memczak, Sebastian ^a   Wyler, Emanuel ^a   Torti, Francesca ^a   Porath, Hagit T ^b   Orejuela, Marta R ^a   Piechotta, Michael ^c   Levanon, Erez Y ^b   Landthaler, Markus ^a   Dieterich, Christoph ^c   Rajewsky, Nikolaus ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAR1 PROTEIN; ADAR2 PROTEIN; CIRCULAR RNA; DEAMINASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADAR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, CIRCULAR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA BINDING; RNA EDITING; RNA SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA; RNA EDITING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84920917407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.12.019     Document Type: Article

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