Disruption of a gene encoding a novel mitochondrial DEAD-Box protein in Trypanosoma brucei affects edited mRNAs

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 4895-4903

  Missel, Andreas ^a   Souza, Augustine E ^a   Nörskau, Gesa ^a   Göringer, H Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA; INSECTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0030848282     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.9.4895     Document Type: Article

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