Structural and functional characterization of the Leishmania amazonensis ribosomal RNA promoter

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Uliana, Silvia R B ^a   Fischer, Wolfgang ^a   Stempliuk, Valeska A ^a   Floeter Winter, Lucile M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intergenic spacer; RNA polymerase I; Transcription start point; Transient transfection

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; GENE EXPRESSION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENDOTRYPANUM; EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0029881485     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02562-6     Document Type: Article

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