Unique features of the Trypanosoma cruzi U2AF35 splicing factor*

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-81

  Vázquez, Martín ^a   Atorrasagasti, Catalina ^a   Bercovich, Natalia ^a   Volcovich, Romina ^a   Levin, Mariano J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Kinetoplastid protozoan parasites; Tongue in groove protein protein interaction; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN U2AF35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EPIMASTIGOTE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0037466323     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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