The SLA RNA gene of Trypanosoma brucei is organized in a tandem array which encodes several small RNAs

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-174

  Roberts, T G ^a   Dungan, J M ^a   Watkins, K P ^a   Agabian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

genomic organization; sliced leader associated RNA; small nuclear RNA; Trans splicing; Trypanosoma brucei; trypanosome

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TANDEM REPEAT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA CAPS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030596201     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02762-4     Document Type: Article

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