Regulation and trafficking of three distinct 18 S ribosomal RNAs during development of the malaria parasite

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-213

  Li, Jun ^a   Gutell, Robin R ^b   Damberger, Simon H ^b   Wirtz, Robert A ^c   Kissinger, Jessica C ^a   Rogers, M John ^a   Sattabongkot, Jetsumon ^d   McCutchan, Thomas F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Development; Malaria; Ribosome; Small subunit (SSU) rRNA; Translational control

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031556024     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1038     Document Type: Article

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