Proteins (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Proteins

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Han, Mendell, and colleagues discovered an assembly of proteins that form a ubiquitin ligase (yellow) that targets microRNAs (red) and their associated Argonaute proteins (blue) for degradation. This mechanism broadly regulates microRNA levels in multiple cell types and tissues.

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UT Southwestern Medical Center

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