5′ sequences essential for trans-splicing of msp (gp63) RNAs in Leishmania chagasi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Ramamoorthy, Ramesh ^a,c   Donelson, John E ^a   Wilson, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gp63; Leishmania; RNA processing; Trans splicing; Transfection; Trypanosomatid

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; ANIMALIA;

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, REPORTER; LEISHMANIA; LUCIFERASES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029882643     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02581-9     Document Type: Article

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