Functional characterization of spliceosomal introns and identification of U2, U4, and U5 snRNAs in the deep-branching eukaryote Entamoeba histolytica

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 940-948

  Davis, Carrie A ^a   Brown, Michael P S ^a   Singh, Upinder ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U2 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U4 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; U5 SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SPLICEOSOMES;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34250867409     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00059-07     Document Type: Article

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