Pseudogene-derived small interference RNAs regulate gene expression in African Trypanosoma brucei

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 8345-8350

  Wen, Yan Zi ^a   Zheng, Ling Ling ^a   Liao, Jian You ^a   Wang, Ming Hui ^a   Wei, Ying ^a   Guo, Xue Min ^a   Qu, Liang Hu ^a   Ayala, Francisco J ^b   Lun, Zhao Rong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; High through put sequencing; Nagana; Noncoding RNAs; Sleeping sickness

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOUSE; NAGANA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PSEUDOGENES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79957741638     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103894108     Document Type: Article

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