Developmentally regulated transcripts and evidence of differential mRNA processing in Giardia lamblia

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-110

  Que, Xuchu ^a   Svärd, Staffan G ^a   Meng, Tze Chiang ^a   Hetsko, Michael L ^a   Aley, Stephen B ^a,b   Gillin, Frances D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential mRNA processing; Differentiation; Giardia lamblia; MRNA display

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0030592464     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02698-9     Document Type: Article

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