UPF1, a conserved nonsense-mmediated mRNA decay factor, regulates cyst wall protein transcripts in Giardia lamblia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Yi Hsiu ^a   Su, Li Hsin ^a   Huang, Yu Chang ^a   Wang, Yi Ting ^a   Kao, Yu Yun ^a   Sun, Chin Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST WALL PROTEIN; CYST WALL PROTEIN 1; CYST WALL PROTEIN 2; CYST WALL PROTEIN 3; ELONGATION FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PROTEIN MYB2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UPF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CWP1 PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MYB2 PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STABILITY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL WALL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; STOP CODON; TROPHOZOITE;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; CODON, NONSENSE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 56349101286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003609     Document Type: Article

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