Ferritin mRNAs in Schistosoma mansoni do not have iron-responsive elements for post-transcriptional regulation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-69

  Schüssler, Peter ^a   Pötters, Elke ^a   Winnen, Ralf ^a   Michel, Anja ^a   Bottke, Werner ^b   Kunz, Werner ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Gene regulation; Iron responsive element; Schistosoma

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0029803246     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0064t.x     Document Type: Article

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