Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing: Coupled cycles of U deletion reveal processive activity of the editing complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2437-2445

  Alatortsev, Vadim S ^a   Cruz Reyes, Jorge ^a,b   Zhelonkina, Alevtina G ^a   Sollner Webb, Barbara ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EDITING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA EDITING; RNA, GUIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; URIDINE;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 41149177426     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01886-07     Document Type: Article

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