Evidence of RNA editing in Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 731-739

  Ramírez, César ^a,b   Puerta, Concepción ^a   Requena, Jose M ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 8 PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EDITING; RNA, GUIDE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; URIDINE;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VIANNIA;

EID: 79955941135     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2190-6     Document Type: Article

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