The role of local secondary structure in the function of the trans-splicing motif of Brugia malayi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Liu, Canhui ^a   Chauhan, Chitra ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Spliced leader; Trans splicing; Transfection

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BRUGIA MALAYI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-SPLICING;

BRUGIA MALAYI;

EID: 71949124660     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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