The short non-coding transcriptome of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Franzén, Oscar ^a   Arner, Erik ^b   Ferella, Marcela ^c   Nilsson, Daniel ^d   Respuela, Patricia ^c   Carninci, Piero ^b   Hayashizaki, Yoshihide ^b   Åslund, Lena ^c   Andersson, Björn ^a   Daub, Carsten O ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING;

GENE LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 80052421541     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001283     Document Type: Article

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