A fork in the road for microRNAs

被引:3
作者
Bellare, Priya [1 ]
Sontheimer, Erik J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Biochem Mol Biol & Cell Biol, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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10.1038/nsmb0807-684
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Small RNAs can silence target genes by a variety of pathways and mechanisms. Specific microRNAs have now been shown to partition into distinct effector complexes, which may in turn affect their silencing output.
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页码:684 / 686
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