Genomic organization and transcription analysis of the 195-bp satellite DNA in Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-64

  Martins, Camila ^a   Baptista, Cassio Silva ^a   Ienne, Susan ^a   Cerqueira, Gustavo C ^b   Bartholomeu, Daniella C ^b   Zingales, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CL Brener genome; Satellite DNA; Transcription; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SATELLITE DNA; SATELLITE RNA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, SATELLITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 43749101340     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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