A census of human RNA-binding proteins

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 829-845

  Gerstberger, Stefanie ^a   Hafner, Markus ^b   Tuschl, Thomas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SEQUENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84922277120     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3813     Document Type: Article

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