From tRNA to miRNA: RNA-folding contributes to correct entry into noncoding RNA pathways

FEBS Letters

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 2354-2363

  Hasler, Daniele ^a   Meister, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lupus autoantigen La; miRNA; RNA chaperone; tRNA fragments

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; DICER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; EXPORTIN 5; LA ANTIGEN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA RECOGNITION MOTIF PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; Y BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

AMINOACYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; REVIEW; RNA FOLDING; RNA STABILITY; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84981717781     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12294     Document Type: Review

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