An intragenic guide RNA location suggests a complex mechanism for mitochondrial gene expression in Trypanosoma brucei

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 862-869

  Clement, Sandra L ^a   Mingler, Melissa K ^b   Koslowsky, Donna J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; GUIDE RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, GUIDE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 4143111323     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.4.862-869.2004     Document Type: Article

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