The Microprocessor complex mediates the genesis of microRNAs

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7014, 2004, Pages 235-240

  Gregory, Richard I ^a   Yan, Kai Ping ^a   Amuthan, Govindasamy ^a   Chendrimada, Thimmalah ^a   Doratotaj, Behzad ^a   Cooch, Neil ^a   Shiekhattar, Ramin ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

CELL DEATH; GENESIS; NEMATODES; PROLIFERATION; SMALL NON-PROTEIN-CODING REGULATORY GENES;

RNA;

GENE PRODUCT; MICRORNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 9144225636     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03120     Document Type: Article

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