The transcription promoter of the spliced leader gene from Trypanosama cruzi

Gene

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-168

  Nunes, Luiz R ^a   Carvalho, Maria Ruth C ^a   Shakarian, Alison M ^a,b   Buck, Gregory A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Proximal sequence element; PSE; Trypanosomatid

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030940448     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00726-3     Document Type: Article

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