Roles of a Trypanosoma brucei 5′/3′ exoribonuclease homolog in mRNA degradation

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2171-2186

  Li, Chi Ho ^a   Irmer, Henriette ^b   Gudjonsdottir Planck, Drifa ^a   Freese, Simone ^c   Salm, Heike ^a   Haile, Simon ^d   Estévez, Antonio M ^e   Clayton, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Degradation; mRNA; Rat1; Trypanosoma; XRN1

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; ENDONUCLEASE; EXORIBONUCLEASE; EXORIBONUCLEASE 1P; EXORIBONUCLEASE 2P; EXORIBONUCLEASE A; EXORIBONUCLEASE B; EXORIBONUCLEASE C; EXORIBONUCLEASE D; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ADENYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EXORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KINETOPLASTIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLY A; RNA STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33845261565     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.291506     Document Type: Article

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