snoRNA, a novel precursor of microRNA in Giardia lamblia

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Saraiya, Ashesh A ^a   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RENILLA LUCIFERIN 2 MONOOXYGENASE; RIBOZYME; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; RIBONUCLEASE III;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTISENSE VECTOR; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; RENILLA LUCIFERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

EID: 57149094023     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000224     Document Type: Article

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