RNA editing in kinetoplastid protozoa

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-120

  Stuart, Kenneth ^a,b   Allen, Thomas E ^a   Heidmann, Stefan ^a   Seiwert, Scott D ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDE RNA; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

CHIMERA; FLAGELLATE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA EDITING; TRYPANOSOMA;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0030815986     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.61.1.105-120.1997     Document Type: Review

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