Identification, expression and functional analysis of U3 snoRNA genes from Neurospora crassa

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Liu, Na ^a,b   Huang, Qiaojuan ^a,b   Hui, Zhou ^a,b   Liang, Yintong ^a,b   Yu, Chunhong ^a,b   Qu, Lianghu ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neurospora crassa; RRNA processing; U3 snoRNA

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; RNA;

26S RRNA; ANTISENSE; DIFFERENT SIZES; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYBRIDISATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NORTHERN BLOTS; RRNA PROCESSING; SMALL RNA; U3 SNORNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 61749095606     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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