A negative regulatory element controls mRNA abundance of the Leishmania mexicana paraflagellar rod gene PFR2

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1009-1017

  Mishra, Krishna K ^a   Holzer, Timothy R ^a   Moore, Landon L ^a,c   LeBowitz, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Symbiontics Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PFR 2 PROTEIN, LEISHMANIA; PFR-2 PROTEIN, LEISHMANIA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALF LIFE TIME; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DACTINOMYCIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HALF-LIFE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142216117     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.5.1009-1017.2003     Document Type: Article

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