RNA editing in kinetoplastids

RNA Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Hajduk, Stephen ^a   Ochsenreiter, Torsten ^a,b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative RNA editing; Kinetoplast; Mitochondria; RNA editing; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GUIDE RNA; KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; KINETOPLASTIDA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA;

DNA, KINETOPLAST; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; KINETOPLASTIDA; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA EDITING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 77953796345     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.2.11393     Document Type: Review

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