Characterization of a transcription terminator of the procyclin PARP A unit of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 914-924

  Berberof, Magali ^a   Pays, Annette ^a   Lips, Stéphane ^a   Tebabl, Patricia ^a   Pays, Etienne ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030048384     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.3.914     Document Type: Article

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