Complete cap 4 formation is not required for viability in Trypanosoma brucei

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 905-915

  Zamudio, Jesse R ^a   Mittra, Bidyottam ^a   Zeiner, Gusti M ^a,d   Feder, Marcin ^b   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^b   Sturm, Nancy R ^a,c   Campbell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPED RNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MRNA (NUCLEOSIDE O(2')) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MRNA (NUCLEOSIDE-O(2'))-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL RNA; SPLICED LEADER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 33745172517     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00080-06     Document Type: Article

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