The stability and maturation of the H2A histone mRNAs from Trypanosoma cruzi are implicated in their post-transcriptional regulation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1490, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Maranon C ^a   Thomas, M C ^a   Puerta, C ^a   Alonso, C ^b   Lopez M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

H2A protein; Polycistronic transcript; Regulation; Stability; Transcript; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; HISTONE;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; DNA REPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; SECOND MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; APHIDICOLIN; CYTOPLASM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HISTONES; HYDROXYUREA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0343415649     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(99)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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