A novel mechanism of LIN-28 regulation of let-7 microRNA expression revealed by in vivo HITS-CLIP in C. elegans

RNA

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 985-996

  Stefani, Giovanni ^a,b   Chen, Xiaowei ^a   Zhao, Hongyu ^a,c   Slack, Frank J ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

HITS CLIP; let 7; LIN 28; miRNA; RNA binding

Indexed keywords

KET 7 MICRORNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN LIN28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LET-7 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; LIN-28 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CONFORMATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84928014725     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.045542.114     Document Type: Article

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