RNA interference of Trypanosoma brucei topoisomerase IB: Both subunits are essential

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-255

  Bakshi, Rahul P ^a   Shapiro, Theresa A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

large DNA binding subunit of T. brucei topoisomerase IB; Nucleic acids; RNA interference; RNAi; small catalytic subunit of T. brucei topoisomerase IB; TbTopoI; TOP1L; TOP1S; Topoisomerase IB; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma brucei topoisomerase IB

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; ISOTOPE LABELING; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 2942536409     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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