RNAs as chaperones.
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چکیده
Recently, we found that RNA is a remarkably powerful chaperone that can bind to unfolded proteins and transfer them to Hsp70 for refolding. Combined with past studies on RNA-chaperone interactions, we propose a model for how chaperone RNA activity may contribute to the cellular response to stress.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- RNA biology
دوره 13 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016