The ATPase subunit 6 gene of Leptomonas seymouri (Trypanosomatidae) is transcribed and edited as a polycistronic mRNA

Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-57

  Bessolitsina, E A ^a   Fedyakov, A V ^a   Merzlyak, E M ^a   Kolesnikov, A A ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Kinetoplast; polycistronic RNA; Pre mRNA maturation; RNA editing; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE SUBUNIT 6; CYTOCHROME B; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KINETOPLAST; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 21744452845     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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