Elements in the 3' untranslated region of procyclin mRNA regulate expression in insect forms of Trypanosoma brucei by modulating RNA stability and translation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4372-4380

  Furger, André ^a   Schürch, Nadia ^a   Kurath, Ursula ^a   Roditi, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; RNA METABOLISM; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

INSECTA; TRIXIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 1842417078     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4372     Document Type: Article

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