snoRNAs in Giardia lamblia: a novel role in RNA silencing?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 348-350

  Kolev, Nikolay G ^a   Ullu, Elisabetta ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67949094441     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.05.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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