The 5′ end structure of transcripts derived from the rRNA gene and the RNA polymerase I transcribed protein coding genes in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Bruderer, Thomas ^a   Tu, Lan Chun ^a   Lee, Mary Gwo Shu ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Procyclin; RNA polymerase I; rRNA; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYL GROUP; NEOMYCIN; PRIMER RNA; PYROPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA LIGASE; RNA PRECURSOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROCYCLIC ACIDIC REPETITIVE PROTEIN, TRYPANOSOMA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA GENE;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA LIGASE (ATP); RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0038512545     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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