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Phosphorylation of human Argonaute proteins affects small RNA binding.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Mar 2011
Rüdel Sabine, Wang Yanli, Lenobel René, Körner Roman, Hsiao He-Hsuan, Urlaub Henning, Patel Dinshaw, Meister Gunter
Abstract excerpt
Argonaute (Ago) proteins are highly conserved between species and constitute a direct-binding platform for small RNAs including short-interfering RNAs (siRNAs), microRNAs (miRNAs) and Piwi interacting RNAs (piRNAs). Small RNAs function as guides whereas Ago proteins are the actual mediators of gene silencing. Although the major steps in RNA-guided gene silencing have been elucidated, not much is known about...
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