Small nucleolar RNA interference in Trypanosoma brucei: Mechanism and utilization for elucidating the function of snoRNAs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7236-7247

  Gupta, Sachin Kumar ^a   Hury, Avraham ^a   Ziporen, Yaara ^a   Shi, Huafang ^b   Ullu, Elisabetta ^b   Michaeli, Shulamit ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; DICER LIKE 1 PROTEIN; DICER LIKE 2 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPLASM; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BASE PAIRING; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 78651270025     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq599     Document Type: Article

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