Unusual genome organisation in Entamoeba histolytica leads to two overlapping transcripts

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-83

  Gangopadhyay, Samudra S ^a   Ray, Sib Sankar ^a   Sinha, Pratima ^a   Lohia, Anuradha ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Entamoeba; Genome organisation; Mini chromosome maintenance; Overlapping transcripts; p21 activated kinase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, OVERLAPPING; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030771390     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00110-2     Document Type: Article

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