MicroRNA factory: RISC assembly from precursor microRNAs.
RNA silencing requires assembly of an effector complex, RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), composed of a small RNA and the Ago protein. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Liu et al. (2012) provide insights of miRNP/RISC assembly pathways in mammals, using an in vitro human RISC assembly assay programmed by pre-miRNAs.
School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
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