RNA granules living a post-transcriptional life: The Trypanosomes' case

Current Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-117

  Cassola, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gene expression; P bodies; Post transcriptional; RNA granules; RNA binding protein; Stress granules; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

EXORIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METABOLISM; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953775345     PISSN: 18723136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2212796811105020108     Document Type: Article

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