L1Tc non-LTR retrotransposons from Trypanosoma cruzi contain a functional viral-like self-cleaving 2A sequence in frame with the active proteins they encode

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1449-1460

  Heras, S R ^a   Thomas, M C ^a,c   Garcia Canadas M ^a   De Felipe, P ^b   Garcia Perez J L ^a,c   Ryan, M D ^b   Lopez M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

L1Tc; LINE; Picornavirus; Retrotransposon; Self cleaving 2A sequence; Translational regulation; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

A2 SELF CLEAVING PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDE; POLYPROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN L1TC; PROTEIN L1TC2A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33745317585     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6038-2     Document Type: Article

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