Patterns of 5′Untranslated Region Length Distribution in Encephalitozoon cuniculi: Implications for Gene Regulation and Potential Links between Transcription and Splicing

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-74

  Grisdale, Cameron J ^a   Fast, Naomi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; microsporidia; splicing; transcription; untranslated region (UTR)

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RABBIT; RNA SPLICING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78650635562     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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