Activation of the protein kinase PKR by short double-stranded RNAs with single-stranded tails

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1934-1945

  Zheng, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Bevilacqua, Philip C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dsRNA binding domain; PKR activation; SELEX

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HISTIDINE; INTERFERON; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS INHIBITION;

BASE SEQUENCE; EIF-2 KINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 9344221643     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7150804     Document Type: Article

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