Stem-loop silencing reveals that a third mitochondrial DNA polymerase, POLID, is required for kinetoplast DNA replication in trypanosomes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2141-2146

  Chandler, Julian ^a   Vandoros, Anthula V ^a   Mozeleski, Brian ^a   Klingbeil, Michele M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; KINETOPLAST DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 57349176187     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00199-08     Document Type: Article

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