Comparative functional characterization of the CSR-1 22G-RNA pathway in Caenorhabditis nematodes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 208-224

  Tu, Shikui ^a   Wu, Monica Z ^b   Wang, Jie ^a,d   Cutter, Asher D ^c   Weng, Zhiping ^a   Claycomb, Julie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; CSR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84942293665     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1308     Document Type: Article

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