The genomic organization of guide RNA genes in kinetoplastid protozoa: Several conundrums and their solutions

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-141

  Simpson, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conundrums; Kinetoplastid protozoa; RNA

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; GUIDE RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; KINETOPLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; KINETOPLASTIDA; RNA EDITING; RNA, GUIDE; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030960395     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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