The promoter for the ribosomal RNA genes of Leishmania chagasi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Gay, Leslie S ^a   Wilson, Mary E ^b   Donelson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania chagasi; Luciferase; Promoter; Protozoa; Ribosomal RNA genes; RNA polymerase I; Transient transfections

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029897406     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02594-7     Document Type: Article

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