RNA editing and mitochondrial activity in promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania donovani

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-644

  Neboháčová, Martina ^a   Kim, Christine E ^b   Simpson, Larry ^a   Maslov, Dmitri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amastigote; Kinetoplast DNA; Leishmania donovani; Mitochondrion; RNA editing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE ORDER; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RNA; RNA EDITING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

EID: 61449214089     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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