Biogenesis and Function of Transfer RNA-Related Fragments (tRFs)

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 679-689

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Kuscu, Canan ^a   Dutta, Anindya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

non coding small RNA; tRF; tRFdb; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 3 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 4 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MICRORNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA RELATED FRAGMENT; TRANSFER RNA RELATED FRAGMENT 1; TRANSFER RNA RELATED FRAGMENT 3; TRANSFER RNA RELATED FRAGMENT 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOGENESIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84973878881     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.05.004     Document Type: Review

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