An RNAi screen of the RRM-domain proteins of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-65

  Wurst, Martin ^a   Robles, Ana ^a   Po, June ^a   Luu, Van Duc ^a   Brems, Stefanie ^b   Marentije, Mari ^a   Stoitsova, Savrina ^a   Quijada, Luis ^a   Hoheisel, Jörg ^b   Stewart, Mhairi ^a   Hartmann, Claudia ^a   Clayton, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

RNA binding protein; RRM; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN DRBD7; PROTEIN DRBD9; PROTEIN RBP3; PROTEIN TRRM3; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL CLONING; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 56549109640     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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