Anatomy of RISC: how do small RNAs and chaperones activate Argonaute proteins?

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 637-660

  Nakanishi, Kotaro ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 3 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 4 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; DICER 2; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 451; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84985914818     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1356     Document Type: Review

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