Analysis of ribosomal RNA transcription termination and 3' end processing in Leishmania amazonensis

Gene

Volumn 451, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Abreu Blanco, María Teresa ^a   Ramírez, José Luís ^a,b   Pinto Santini, Delia María ^c   Papadopoulou, Barbara ^d   Guevara, Palmira ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Polymerase I; Processing; RDNA; Terminator element

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 28S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; LEISHMANIA; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, EUKARYOTIC; RNA 3' END PROCESSING; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 73349129339     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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