Water-mediated recognition of t1-adenosine anchors Argonaute2 to microRNA targets

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue September, 2015, Pages

  Schirle, Nicole T ^a   Sheu Gruttadauria, Jessica ^a   Chandradoss, Stanley D ^b   Joo, Chirlmin ^b   MacRae, Ian J ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MICRORNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; URACIL; WATER; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; EIF2C2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ADENOSINE; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; WATER;

EID: 84945896487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07646     Document Type: Article

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