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...for RaPID is an RNA motif of interest. See figure 1 below for details on the key components of RaPID. ...and IREB2, which post-transcriptionally regulate iron metabolism pathway transcripts. By using RaPID, Ramanathan... include both scrambled RNA motifs and cells transfected with BirA* protein alone (i.e. no RNA bait). ...changes in RC2H1 protein expression and post-transcriptional regulation of SM1v1-containing RNAs could play...often trick host proteins into binding their untranslated regions (UTRs) to aid in the viral life cycle...IRE) RNA motif of the ferritin light chain RNA transcript. IRE motifs are bound by IRE binding proteins...

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