Genomic organization and functional characterization of the Leishmania major Friedlin ribosomal RNA gene locus

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-157

  Martínez Calvillo, Santiago ^a,b   Sunkin, Susan M ^a,b   Yan, Shao feng ^a,b   Fox, Mark ^a,b   Stuart, Kenneth ^a,b   Myler, Peter J ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania major Friedlin; Repetitive elements; Ribosomal RNA genes; RNA polymerase I promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; LUCIFERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034892927     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00310-3     Document Type: Article

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