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Novel RNA-Binding Proteins Isolation by the RaPID Methodology
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Published on: September 30, 2016

通过A. fulgidus Piwi蛋白质对指导RNA进行5'-end 特定识别的结构基础

Jin-Biao Ma1, Yu-Ren Yuan, Gunter Meister

  • 1Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.

Nature
|April 1, 2005
PubMed
概括

阿尔戈纳特蛋白中的PIWI域对RNA干扰 (RNAi) 基因调节至关重要. 这项研究揭示了Piwi-RNA复合体的晶体结构,详细说明了导向RNA结合如何促进信使RNA标识和分裂.

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