Characterization of a Trypanosoma brucei SR domain-containing protein bearing homology to cis-spliceosomal U1 70 kDa proteins

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-120

  Ismaïli, Naïma ^a   Pérez Morga, David ^a   Walsh, Patrick ^b   Cadogan, Martin ^c   Pays, Annette ^a   Tebabi, Patricia ^a   Pays, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spliced leader RNA; SR proteins; Trans splicing; Trypanosoma brucei; U1 70 kDa

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SPLICED LEADER RNA;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOME; TRANS SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLICEOSOMES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0343048401     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00205-4     Document Type: Article

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