The Functions of MicroRNAs: mRNA Decay and Translational Repression

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 651-665

  Iwakawa, Hiro oki ^a   Tomari, Yukihide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGO; Argonaute; MiRNA; Plant; RISC; RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

GW182 PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA DECAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA STABILITY;

EID: 84945541165     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.07.011     Document Type: Review

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