Regulation of microRNA-mediated gene silencing by microRNA precursors

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 825-832

  Roy Chaudhuri, Biswajoy ^a   Valdmanis, Paul N ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Luo, Qing Jun ^a   Kay, Mark A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 151 3P; MICRORNA 151 5P; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; E2F6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MIRN124 MICRORNA, MOUSE; MIRN151 MICRORNA, MOUSE; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARHGDIA GENE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA EDITING; RNA FOLDING; RNA REPAIR; SNAI2 GENE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; E2F6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84921959250     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2862     Document Type: Article

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