Human microRNAs are processed from capped, polyadenylated transcripts that can also function as mRNAs

RNA

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1957-1966

  Cai, Xuezhong ^a   Hagedorn, Curt H ^b   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MicroRNAs; RNA interference; RNA processing

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA CAPS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 9344235449     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.7135204     Document Type: Article

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