Trypanosoma cruzi: Molecular characterization of TcPUF6, a Pumilio protein

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 260-264

  Dallagiovanna, Bruno ^a,b   Pérez, Leticia ^a   Sotelo Silveira, José ^a,c   Smircich, Pablo ^a   Duhagon, María Ana ^a   Garat, Beatriz ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Parana   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Kinetoplastida; Post transcriptional regulation; Pumilio family; RNA binding proteins; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PUMILIO PROTEIN TCPUF 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DROSOPHILA; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLAGELLATE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

EID: 14744303218     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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