Sequences necessary for trans-splicing in transiently transfected Brugia malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-73

  Liu, Canhui ^a   de Oliveira, Ana ^a   Higazi, Tarig B ^a   Ghedin, Elodie ^b   DePasse, Jay ^b   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Spliced leader; Splicing; Transfection

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SPLICED LEADER; TRANS-SPLICING; TRANSFECTION;

BRUGIA MALAYI; NEMATODA;

EID: 34548382235     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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