A fluorescence-based reporter substrate for monitoring RNA editing in trypanosomatid pathogens

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Moshiri, Houtan ^a   Salavati, Reza ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; EDITOSOME INHIBITOR; KINETOPLASTID RNA EDITING LIGASE 1; RIBOZYME; RNA; RNA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRYPANOSOMA;

CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; RNA EDITING; RNA, CATALYTIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 77955250093     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq333     Document Type: Article

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