The two eIF4A helicases in Trypanosoma brucei are functionally distinct

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2495-2507

  Dhalia, Rafael ^c   Marinsek, Nina ^a   Reis, Christian R S ^c   Katz, Rodolfo ^c   Muniz, João R C ^b   Standart, Nancy ^a   Carrington, Mark ^a   de Melo Neto, Osvaldo P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; ISOENZYME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOZOON; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANS SPLICING; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 33744496562     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl290     Document Type: Article

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