A conserved U-rich RNA region implicated in regulation of translation in Plasmodium female gametocytes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1176-1186

  Braks, Joanna A M ^a   Mair, Gunnar R ^a   Franke Fayard, Blandine ^a   Janse, Chris J ^a   Waters, Andrew P ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; URIDINE;

METAZOA;

EID: 40249118484     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1142     Document Type: Article

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